Huge demand for used commericals

Sales of used commercial vehicles have continued their massive increase on last year’s figures, with 1129 units registered during June. This is a remarkable 30.7 per cent rise on June 2016’s sales figure of 864 units. A total of 6362 used commercials have been sold year to date, compared with 4905 during the first half of 2016 - up 29.7 per cent. The popularity of the Toyota Hiace continues, with 423 units registered in June, a large rise of 38.7 per cent on the same month last year which had 305 unit sales. The Hiace accounted for 37.5 per cent of the total sales last month. The Nissan Caravan continues to hold its place in second with 82 sales, a 4.7 decrease on June 2016 when 86 were sold, and it holds 7.3 per cent of the monthly market registrations. It is followed by the Mazda Bongo with 51 sales, up 10.9 per cent on June 2016, and it has a 4.5 per cent market share. As a result, these three models helped their respective brands take the same top three sales positions.