Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw fell by over 12% year-on-year to 255,680 units in the first nine months of 2024.

Sales declined by 15% to 276,272 in the third quarter of 2024.

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.

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.

The market continued its trend of growth in the third quarter of 2024, reporting a 36.1% increase in registrations to 2,367 compared to the same period of the year before, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The market for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs, i.e., trucks >6t) continued to slow down in the third quarter of 2024, declining by 6% compared with the same period of the year before, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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

cuador closed the three-quarter period in 2024 at 11,271 units, a 7% decrease on 12,115 units in the same period of 2023, according to Aeade.

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.