Class 8 truck News Updates

U.S. Class 8 retail sales jumped 30% year over year in September, while year-to-date sales remain down 5%.

Executives at Daimler Truck Financial Services said the financial health of its trucking customers has improved significantly this year.

Daimler Truck became nimbler over the past nearly five years in an ever-changing world, according to CEO Karin Radstrom, as was intended when the OEM went public.

U.S. Class 8 retail truck sales extended year-over-year gains in August, buoyed by seasonal momentum and notching a third consecutive month eclipsing prior-year levels.

The Class 8 truck order environment remains solid despite a late-summer sequential slowdown as order books fill and buyers become more selective, OEMs say.

Mexican production of Class 8 trucks continued to rise in June, with an increase in output at International Motors’ Escobedo plant outpacing that of its peers.

Dachser will be the first customer to put production models of the Mercedes-Benz NextGenH2 hydrogen fuel cell electric tractor on the road, Daimler Truck said.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales fell below the prior-year level as buyers continued to wait for a more sustained freight market recovery in April.

Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks sales in the first quarter of 2026 fell a combined 34% year over year, parent company Volvo Group said April 24.

Truck and bus manufacturers built 12,617 heavy-duty vehicles in Mexico in March, a 6.6% decrease compared with 13,512 vehicles in the same period a year earlier.