Class 8 Truck Sales Lose More Ground to Previous Year

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U.S. Class 8 retail sales in February tallied below the year-ago level, continuing an early trend for 2025, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

Sales decreased 10.7% to 15,725 units from 17,619 during the same time in 2024, and also fell 2.8% from the 16,175 units reported in January. Year-to-date, Class 8 sales are down 11.8% to 31,948 units from 36,211.

The results continued a trend of unfavorable year-over-year comparisons that has gone on for more than 12 months with few exceptions.

Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Truck North America, claimed the largest market share for the month with 5,564 trucks sold, accounting for 35.4% of all sales. That result also marked a 7.7% decline from 6,027 in January 2024. Western Star, another DTNA brand, saw January sales decline 3.7% to 784 units from 814.

Mack Trucks reported the largest year-over-year increase at 11.4% to 1,230 units from 1,104. Volvo Trucks North America saw sales decrease 40.8% to 1,268 units from 2,142 last year. Mack and VTNA are brands of Volvo Group.

International Motors sales inched down 2.9% to 1,772 from 1,825; Peterbilt Motors Co. sales declined 13% to 2,537 units from 2,916 and Kenworth Truck Co. sales dropped 8.2% to 2,562 from 2,791. Peterbilt and Kenworth are Paccar Inc. brands.

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