In the first quarter of 2025, 27,749 trucks and 5,528 buses were registered on the Brazilian market.

The Brazilian truck market in the first quarter (January to March) this year increased by 4.8% to 27,121 registered vehicles, compared with the 25,871 registered in the same period of 2024.

This figure of 14,405 for city buses with alternative drivelines was marginally higher (+6.5%) than the 13,466 units registered in 2023, which was due, DVV explained, to higher volumes of electric buses.

The commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw rebounded by 36% to 20,224 units in the fourth quarter of 2024 from depressed year-earlier sales of 14,877 units.

The Thai commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw continued to deteriorate in the fourth quarter of 2025, with sales plunging by 55% to 30,498 units from already depressed year-earlier volumes - when the market dropped by 37% to 68,295 units.

The South Korean market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw declined by 21% to 46,241 units in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 58,500 units a year earlier.

The Philippines market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw grew by 10% to 33,704 units year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2024 after declining by 10% to 30,748 units a year earlier.

The Malaysian commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw declined by 11% to 19,379 units in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 21,804 in the same period of the previous year.

The Indonesian market for commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw bounced by 10% year-on-year to 37,677 units in the fourth quarter of 2024 after plunging by 29% to 34,126 units a year earlier.

Japan’s commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw shrank by 11% to 80,450 units in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 90,750 units in the same period of the previous year.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in East Asia’s seven main markets, excluding China, declined by 16% to 268,373 in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 319,099 units a year earlier.

The expanded BharatBenz lineup is now with the 'TorqShift' AMT, adapted from Mercedes-Benz trucks and proven in Daimler heavy-duty vehicles.