Scania’s unit sales of trucks and buses dropped by 6% to 85,200 (2021: 90,400) vehicles in 2022. Truck unit sales declined by 7% to 80,200 (2021: 85,900) vehicles, while unit sales of buses grew 13% year-on-year to 5,000 (2021: 4,400) vehicles. Scania was extremely restrictive in accepting new orders, which meant that its incoming orders stood at 82,100 (2021: 116,800) vehicles at the end of the year, a decrease of 30%.
MAN Truck & Bus only saw its total unit sales decrease by 10% to 84,500 (2021: 93,700) vehicles despite production standing still for six weeks at its truck plants in Munich and Krakow as well as production stops at other MAN sites. While truck unit sales declined by 13% to 58,100 (2021: 66,800) vehicles, unit sales of buses were 4% higher than in the previous year at 4,800 (2021: 4,600) vehicles. Unit sales of MAN TGE vans came in at 21,600 (2021: 22,200) vehicles, 3% less than in the previous year. MAN Truck & Bus’s incoming orders stood at 109,700 (2021: 143,500) vehicles, down 24% year-on-year, since it was equally restrictive in accepting additional orders.
Navistar has been consolidated in the TRATON GROUP since July 1, 2021. It reported unit sales of 81,900 vehicles in 2022 with 69,100 trucks and 12,800 buses sold. Navistar’s incoming orders came in at 86,000 vehicles.
Volkswagen Truck & Bus saw its unit sales decrease by 6% to 54,100 (2021: 57,400) vehicles in 2022, primarily as a result of weaker demand in Brazil. Truck unit sales were down 11% at 47,100 (2021: 52,800) vehicles. By contrast, the company’s bus business grew by over 50% year-on-year with 7,100 (2021: 4,600) vehicles sold. Incoming orders remained on a level with the previous year at 57,000 (2021: 57,200) vehicles.
SOURCE: Traton Group