The truck market continues to age. Results of February

Experts of the Institute of Car Market Research analyzed the statistics of vehicle registrations in Ukraine in February and identified the top models in three segments of trucks weighing more than 3.5 tons (except tractor-trailers): used import, domestic resale and purchase of new cars, including those converted in Ukraine .

Truck market dynamics

In January, Ukrainians purchased 1,700 trucks with a gross weight of more than 3.5 tons (excluding tractors). This is −32% less than in the same period last year and 13.3% more than in January 2023.

Most of the trucks in January were purchased on the domestic market: 84.6% (1.4 thousand units). Only 6% of used trucks (101 units) were brought from abroad. This indicator is an anti-record of the last 12 months. The main reason why the share of imported trucks is decreasing is the conditions of import, under which it is profitable to bring used trucks from abroad only up to 5 years old, because otherwise the cost of customs clearance will be 40 times higher. In addition, trucks are subject to the Euro-5 environmental standard.

Even fewer new trucks were purchased: 36 imported and 121 converted in Ukraine (157 units in total, 9.4% ). Low sales of new trucks is a consequence of the difficult economic situation and the lack of available lending and leasing programs for businesses.

The most popular trucks in the domestic market

Mercedes-Benz T1/T2 trucks (93 deals) remain the leader of domestic resales in January. The chassis of these cars have remained popular for many years in a row for various superstructures based on them. Despite the fact that these models were discontinued more than 20 years ago, Ukrainians are actively buying them.

KamAZ 5320 took second place (75 deals), and the popular Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (66 deals), which is also used as a platform for cargo superstructures, came in third.

Fourth place was taken by Iveco Daily (47 deals), and Mercedes-Benz Atego (44 units) rounds out the top five.

1. Mercedes-Benz T1/T2 — 93 pcs.
2. KamAZ 5320 — 75 pcs.
3. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 66 pcs.
4. Iveco Daily (Turbo/Power) — 47 pcs.
5. Mercedes-Benz Atego — 44 pcs.
6. KamAZ 5511 — 40 pcs.
7. MAN L2000 — 39 pcs.
8. MAN TGA — 37 pcs.
9. ZIL 130 — 35 pcs.
10. ZIL 554 — 33 pcs.
11. ZIL 131 — 32 pcs.
12. DAF XF — 30 pcs.
13. GAZ 3307 — 28 pcs.
14. Renault Premium — 28 pcs.
15. MAN TGL — 27 pcs.

The average age of trucks over 3.5 tons sold domestically in February 2023 was 23.4 years.

The most popular used trucks brought from abroad

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (17 units) is in first place, Mercedes-Benz Atego is in second place (14 units), and Iveco Daily (11 units) is not in third place.

MAN TGL (7 pcs.) and MAN TGX (6 pcs.) also made it to the top five.

1. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — 17 pcs.
2. Mercedes-Benz Atego — 14 pcs.
3. Iveco Daily (Turbo/Power) — 11 pcs.
4. MAN TGL — 7 pcs.
5. MAN TGX — 6 pcs.
6. DAF XF — 5 pcs.
7. Scania R-Series — 5 pcs.
8. DAF CF — 4 pcs.
9. MAN TGM — 4 pcs.
10. Mercedes-Benz Actros — 4 pcs.
11. DAF LF — 3 pcs.
12. MAN TGS — 2 pcs.
13. Mercedes-Benz Axor — 2 pcs.
14. Opel Movano — 2 pcs.
15. Volvo FL — 2 pcs.

The average age of imported used trucks weighing more than 3.5 tons, first registered in February 2023, was 9.2 years.

The most popular new trucks

Among the imported cars, MAN trucks (10 units), Volkswagen (6 units) and Fiat (5 units) were the most popular.

1. MAN — 10 pcs.
2. VOLKSWAGEN — 6 pcs.
3. FIAT — 5 pcs.
4. MHS — 5 pcs.
5. RENAULT — 4 pcs.

Among the trucks over 3.5 tons converted in Ukraine, the most popular brands in January were Reform (47 units), SKS (23 units) and Intercargo Truck (13 units).

1. REFORM — 47 pcs.
2. SKS — 23 pcs.
3. INTERCARGO TRUCK — 13 pcs.
4. VARZ — 5 pcs.
5. TC — 5 pcs.

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