DAF Trucks UK has been the market leader in the UK truck (trucks >6t) market for 30 years.

Eduardo Freitas, vice president of Anfavea, said: “We had a special year in 2024 for bus and coach chassis production, with the 34.7% increase was driven by the urban segment, which grew 41.3%, and the intercity segment, which grew by 5.4%.”

The light and medium truck segment, up to 10.5 tons gvw bucked the trend by increasing 6.2%.

Trucks sales in 2024 fell by 3.5%, whereas bus and coach sales declined steeply by 32.8%.

Vehicle production also saw a rise of 13.8% in the first half of FY 2024-25.

Production saw a more significant decrease of 13.7%, dropping from 37,014 units to 31,938 units.

Production decreased by 8.7%, while exports saw sales improve by 8.6%.

Tractor production decreased by a greater percentage of 9.9%, falling from 33,269 units to 29,985 units.

The data by ANFAVEA shows truck production up by 40.5% in 2024, and that bus and coach chassis output rose by 34.7% when compared with 20,598 units in 2023.

Medium and heavy rigid truck (7.5t GVW and above) sales slipped by 8% to 108,018 units from 117,351 units in the same period of FY2023.

For the period January to September 2024, Brazilian bus production grew by 38% to 21,197 units.

According to the Anfavea, a total of 102,611 units rolled off the assembly lines, a significant rise from the 71,765 units produced in 2023.