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hotline Trucking's Most Respected Business Report U.S. New Commercial Vehicle Registrations Class 8 Market Share 2013 Year-to-date October Calendar Year-to-date October Source: IHS Automotive (Polk New Commercial Vehicle Registrations as of October 2013) New commercial vehicle registrations for Class 3-8 vehicles were up 3.7% from the comparable period in the 2012 calendar year and the year-over-year increase is driven by an 11.4% increase of Class 3 vehicle new registrations. Class 8 new registrations continue to trail year-ago levels, down 5.1%, and Polk's data indicates new registrations of Class 8 vehicles by fleets operating 500+ units were down 12% versus the first 10 months of the 2012 calendar year. For more information, contact Gary Meteer at (248) 728-7405 or go to www.polk.com. 36.85% 14.70% U.S. New Commercial Trailer Registrations 13.82% 2013 Year-to-date October Calendar Year-to-date October 8.46% 13.49% 10.99% 1.62% 0.03% 2013 year-to-date Class 8 market share through November shows Navistar's International brand is down from where it was a year ago, at just under 15% compared to last year's 18%. Freightliner has picked up the lion's share of the slack, up to nearly 37% compared to 33% a year ago. Source: IHS Automotive (Polk New Commercial Trailer Registrations as of October 2013) New registrations of commercial trailers in the first 10 months of the 2013 calendar year were up just 0.4% from the same period in the 2012 calendar year. Van trailers (dry and refrigerated) were up 3.6% over the comparable 10 months of the 2012 calendar year and accounted for 71% of total new trailers registered in the 10-month period. For more information, contact Gary Meteer at (248) 728-7405 or go to www.polk.com. NOVEMBER 2013 MANUFACTURER CLASS 8 33,001 LBS. & OVER NOV YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 7 26,001-33,000 LBS. NOV YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 6 19,501-26,000 LBS. NOV YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE CLASS 3, 4 & 5 10,001-19,500 LBS. NOV YTD YTD SALES SALES SHARE Chevrolet 2,443 Dodge/Ram 11,597 128,5432 44.12% Ford 198 Freightliner 5,015 60,837 36.85% 6.50% 1,423 10,759 24.73% 1,774 21,170 48.17% 2,813 1,047 17,780 40.87% 30,555 10.49% 10,285 102,602 35.22% HINO 200 1,384 834 GMC 10,647 3.65% 0.48% 142 1,606 3.71% 440 4,190 9.63% 65 798 0.27% 1,862 24,348 14.75% 740 10,738 24.83% 381 9,423 21.66% 140 2,194 0.75% Kenworth 2,001 22,823 13.82% 248 2,843 106 1,074 2.47% Mack 1,236 13,959 8.46% 2 0.00% 1 0.00% 181 1874 0.64% 427 4,040 9.34% 9 170 0.39% 1 85 0.03% 40 0.09% 111 0.26% 16 0.01% International Isuzu 1,285 Mitsubishi Fuso Peterbilt 2,266 22,263 13.49% UD Trucks NA Volvo Totals 20 HDT 12,610 4.33% 23 0.01% 1,937 18,138 10.99% Western Star Other 6.57% 191 2,678 1.62% 3 43 0.03% 14,511 165,089 100% • JANUARY 2014 3,529 43,252 100% 3,4066 43,508 100% 27,031 291,331 100% Complied by Heavy Duty Trucking magazine. Source: Ward's Communications U.S. Retail Truck Sales Report www.truckinginfo.com