Despite slowing across all truck categories the sales market in Australia for June was the third best on record.
New Heavy Truck sales in Australia continue to remain slow, down from the record levels seen in 2023 and 2024, with the month of June proving typical of the trend seen year-to-date according to statistics compiled by the Truck Industry Council (TIC).
While sales were down in all truck segments, compared to June last year, the total number of heavy vehicles sold in June 2025 totalled 4,888 units, down on the record June 2024 sales of 5,461.
At the halfway point of calendar year 2025, total sales sit at 22,582, down on last year’s record of 25,698, a reduction of 12.1 per cent.
The Heavy Duty truck segment continued its year-to-date contraction in June with 1,481 Heavy deliveries, down 18.5 per cent (335 trucks) over the same month in 2024.
In isolation, Q2 confirms the Heavy Duty sector was down when compared to last year’s record second quarter sales 3,763 sales for April to June, versus 4,981 trucks this year.
Reviewing the first half year result, Heavy Duty trucks sales remain down by a constant percentage thus far in 2025.
For the 2025 period 7,143 sales contrasted with 8,769 sales to the end of June 2025, a reduction of 18.5 per cent year-to-date (1,626 fewer Heavy truck registrations in 2025).
The Medium Duty segment has contracted noticeably less than the Heavy Duty segment in 2025, though June sales were slower than the year average with 764 Medium Duty trucks delivered last month.
It marked a 13.9 per cent (-123 trucks) decrease over June 2024. The overall April to June period is down less, with 2,034 mediums delivered in Q2 2025, compared to 2,296 for the same period in 2024, an 11.4 per cent reduction on last year’s levels.
Year-to-date Medium Duty truck sales have slowed by 8.4 per cent, with 3,698 deliveries to the end of June 2025, 339 fewer Medium truck sales compared to the 2024 half year result.
The Light Duty truck segment (trucks with a GVM between 3,500 kg and 8,000 kg) has seen sales reductions of a similar order to that of the Heavy Duty segment in 2025.
The month of June was typical of that downward trend with 1,332 Light Duty trucks delivered in June just past, down 12.3 per cent (-186 vehicles) over June 2024.
The 2025 Q2 result is considered poor for LD trucks with 3,294 vehicles sold, down 17.7 per cent over Q2 of 2024, a total of 706 fewer little trucks sold. For the first half year, 6,222 Light Duty trucks have been delivered, down on the same period in 2024 by 13.1 per cent (-941 trucks).
The news in the Light Duty Van segment (vans with a GVM between 3,500 kg and 8,000 kg) is somewhat better according to the TIC.
June 2025 saw sales above those of June last year, with 1,311 Vans delivered last month, up over the June 2024 result of 1,240 sales. That represents a 5.7 per cent increase, with 71 more vans sold in June 2025.
This result put Vans a mere 21 vehicles behind Light truck sales for the month, the closest ever Vans have come to beating Light Duty truck sales in a given month.
In future will Van sales outperform LD truck sales?
LD Vans posted a total of 3,134 sales for the quarter of April to June, down slightly, 4.8 per cent (-158 vans) over the same quarter in 2024. At the half way point of 2025, the Van tally sits in slightly negative territory relative to the first half of 2024. 5,519 vans sold year-to-date, down on 2024 sales by 3.7 per cent (-210 vans).
TIC Chief Executive Officer, Tony McMullan, acknowledged the slowing truck market year-to-date, however noted that the downturn in truck sales this year was not unexpected after record sales for the past few years.
“Last year the sales market for trucks was strong, in fact, it was a record year representing the third year in a row where the sales record was broken year on year,” he said in a statement.
“For year 2025, while it was hoped that sales would remain strong, it is not surprising to see the market coming off these highs, a federal election year, tight economic times, a lessening of demand for product and economic and general uncertainty being the key determinants for the drop in sales.
“To date for the first six months of year 2025 TIC T-Mark database is recording sales as being down 12 per cent, on average, across all heavy vehicle segments.
“It is hard to predict the next six months, although it is fair to assume that uncertainty will remain and that sales will not be as strong as were seen in 2024.”
