Commercial Truck Blog

As with the retail channel, we’ve already provided a 2014 wrap-up, but final December results are now in, and we can confirm that wholesale pricing also closed out 2014 on a mild down note...

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We’ve already provided a 2014 wrap-up, but final December results are now in, and we can confirm that 2014 closed out on a mild down note...

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With all of our expected December sales data collected, December’s results turned around November’s drop, coming in at 5.9 trucks sold per rooftop. This result is 1.4 trucks higher than November, and 0.4 truck lower than last December...

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In this month's video, NADA Senior Analyst Chris Visser provides a synopsis of market activity in 2014, and a look at what to expect in 2015. Click here to watch!

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2014 was marked by increased availability of late-model, lower-mileage trucks driven by a return to 3-5 year trade cycles. Pricing remained extremely strong for these trucks, thanks to heavy demand. Retail and wholesale sales volume declined in the fourth quarter, but pricing remained elevated...

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We don’t see much press about the extended-hood segment these days. New aerodynamic models are regularly introduced to great fanfare, but it is rare to see a new traditionally-styled model enter the market...

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The chart below lists December 2014 NADA Wholesale values for model-year 2012 trucks compared to original manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP)...

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As a group, 3-year-old aerodynamic sleepers dipped in value this month, driven mainly by higher volumes of the International ProStar and a mild decrease from the market-leading Freightliner Cascadia and Peterbilt 587. However, strength in other models leaves our assessment of marketplace stability intact...

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The latest month for which NADA has a complete set of data – November – shows average retail pricing off the all-time record set last month by just over 2%. Average mileage dipped again, a direct effect of the ever-improving availability of sub-500,000 mile iron...

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Following a somewhat bizarre October which saw big changes in volume and the mileage and age of trucks sold, November’s wholesale figures returned to trend...

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