Preliminary November Class 8 orders fall

Dec. 7, 2011
FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing November 2011 Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM’s declined 27% from October to 20,400 units.

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing November 2011 Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM’s declined 27% from October to 20,400 units. Orders were down 22% from the same month of 2010, the first such decrease in more than a year. Order activity for the prior three month period of August, September, and October averaged 24,100 units per month.

Eric Starks, president of FTR, said, “Class 8 orders were very disappointing for November and came in substantially below expectations. November is normally a very good order month as it lies during what is typically the strong order period of the year. What is most troubling about the November number is that it is back down to levels last seen during the summer, when we normally see slow order activity. However, one month does not tell us much about the fundamentals in the market, and this does not change our outlook for 2012. We will be monitoring the situation closely over the next several months as December and January are normally strong order months.”

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