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Class 8 U.S. retail sales in October remained 18.4% below year-ago levels, but closed in on 19,000, according to a WardsAuto.com report yesterday. Sales were 18,774 compared with 23,001 a year earlier. It was the second-highest tally of the year, trailing only 19,126 in September. All truck makers in the month posted lower year-over-year sales except Western Star, the smallest, which rose 2.8% to 484 units compared with 471 a year earlier. Western Star earned a 2.6% market share. For the first 11 months of the year, all OEMs except International and Peterbilt have notched gains in market share compared with 2019.