Since late 2024, heavy vehicle industry participants have been anticipating that 2025 would be a year of contraction compared to the previous cycle, but even with a 20 to 25% decline, it would be one of the second best years in history.

With the release of the figures for February 2025, the sale of units remains on this downward path, both in wholesale and retail sales.

Based on figures shared by the National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Producers (ANPACT) , wholesale sales last February were in the order of two thousand 482 vehicles, cargo and passengers, this is a difference of -44.9% compared to the same cycle in 2024.

In retail sales, the slowdown in the referred period is 18.6% compared to 2024, with 3,738 units displaced, according to data shared by ANPACT.

With the change of NOM-044 (diesel engine emissions) in force as of 2025, where only engines that comply with Euro 6 / EPA 10 values ​​can be produced or imported, by the end of 2024 wholesale sales (from plants to distributors) were oriented towards generating inventories of the previous Euro 5 / EPA 07 standards, which continue to be placed on the market.

When reviewing the composition of the cargo market, tractor-trailers remain the largest wholesale market , with 1,292 units moved, a 40.8% decrease compared to the previous year.

The Class 8 market sold 578 units, a 42.2% drop compared to February 2024.

In the case of the retail market, tractor-trailers sold 1,788 units , which was 22.7% below the February 2024 record.

Meanwhile, Class 8 sold 945 units, in the opposite direction to other categories, increasing its sales by 8.7% compared to the comparative cycle.

Thus, based on ANPACT figures, accumulated sales (Jan-Feb) in the wholesale segment were 4,997 units, a drop of 39.3% compared to the same cycle in 2024.

In retail, total sales reached 7,493 units, -15.2% compared to 2024.

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The National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Producers (ANPACT) announced that the heavy vehicle market began 2025 with a 32.5% drop in wholesale sales compared to January 2024.

This behavior is largely due to the high levels of inventory that some brands and distributors accumulated at the end of 2024, anticipating the change in environmental regulations NOM-044 .

The results shared by ANPACT show that the cargo segment registered a 25.2% drop in wholesale sales, with especially pronounced declines in the categories of Class 4 trucks (-87.2%), Class 5 (-85.5%) and Class 6 (-82.0%). Meanwhile, fifth-wheel tractor-trailers, which represent the largest sales volume, fell 8.5 percent .

The passenger segment, for its part, suffered a 63.6% drop , with a significant decrease in the sale of urban and intercity buses.

Unlike wholesale sales, the retail market showed a better performance , with a more moderate contraction of 11.7% in the total units sold.

In particular, tractor-trailers registered a growth of 4.2% , while Class 8 trucks advanced 5.2% compared to January 2024, suggesting that the inventory that distributors managed to accumulate before the close of the previous year has begun to be displaced.

Regarding NOM-044 , various sources have confirmed to T21 that some brands have exhausted their inventory of units with Euro 5 engines since last November, so they have completely transitioned to Euro 6.

This is why there has been an adjustment in wholesale sales, while the drop in retail volume was smaller, while in categories such as tractor-trailers marginal growth was recorded.

This adjustment, coupled with uncertainty about the availability of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) , is slowing the purchase of new units, reflected in the drop in wholesale sales.

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