By Jonathan S. Reiskin, Associate News Editor This story appears in the Aug. 20 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today.
U.S. retail medium-duty truck sales totaled 12,483 vehicles in July, a 15.8% improvement over the 10,779 sold a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported.
Although all three major weight groups showed monthly gains, there were some reports of slowness.
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Classes 4-7 sales — as tracked by Ward’s, Southfield, Mich. — have been increasing since December 2009 but at a slower pace than heavy-duty commercial trucks.
“We were flat in July, hitting a soft patch, but we did much better in the first half through June,” said David Yglesias, whose Palmetto Truck Center sells Fords and specialty commercial vehicles.
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