Commercial sales cooled off a bit in September but still registered a 4.8% gain. 
 -  Photo courtesy of Ford, GM, FCA, and Nissan.

Commercial sales cooled off a bit in September but still registered a 4.8% gain.

Photo courtesy of Ford, GM, FCA, and Nissan.

Sales of vehicles to commercial fleets from eight manufactures increased 4.8% to 53,544 in September as sales of trucks, vans, and SUVs increased 12.8% to 50,594 and provided more than 94% of the volume while fleet sales of passenger cars fell 52.8% to 2,950.

For the year so far, sales to commercial fleets have increased 9.3% to 567,132. Truck-based sales have increased 10.5% to 500,839, while car sales have been essentially flat, increasing 0.6% to 66,293, according to Automotive Fleet data.

Sales to government fleets from four manufacturers increased 2.4% to 20,109. Truck-based sales increased 13.4% to 17,471 and car sales declined 37.7% to 2,638. For the year, government sales have increased 1.9% to 201,320. Truck sales have increased 4.8% to 171,223 and car sales have fallen 10.5% to 33,928.

Daily rental sales from nine manufacturers were essentially flat, increasing 0.6% to 131,051 units. Truck-based sales increased 29.9% to 83,507 units, while car sales declined 27.9% to 47,544 units. Year-to-date sales have increased 7.3% to 1.31 million vehicles with a 14.1% decline in car sales to 500,497 and a 26.6% increase in truck-based sales to 812,552 units.

For all three segments, fleet sales in September increased 1.8% from a year ago to 204,704 units with a 21.7% gain in truck sales to 151,572 and a 30.5% decline in car sales to 53,132. For the year so far, sales into the three fleet segments have increased 7.92% to 2.08 million. While truck-based sales have increased 18% to 1.48 million, car sales have fallen 12.5% to 600,718.

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Paul Clinton

Paul Clinton

Former Senior Web Editor

Paul Clinton covered an array of fleet and automotive topics for Automotive Fleet, Government Fleet, Mobile Electronics, Police Magazine, and other Bobit Business Media publications.

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