Transport Topics (April 13, 2021)
Class 8 truck sales in March jumped 33.7% to 22,031 as all truck makers posted gains compared with a year earlier, according to WardsAuto.com. Freightliner led the way with a gain of nearly 48% to 8,839 trucks. Volvo was next with a 44% gain to 2,474 trucks. Peterbilt was third with better than a 41% improvement on sales of 3,181 trucks. This comes as ACT Research says the business conditions for trucking are the best it has seen in 35 years.
