Domestic sales of industry new light commercial vehicles, bakkies and mini buses at 13 446 units during May 2016 reflected a decline of 753 units or a fall of 5.3% compared to the 14 199 light commercial vehicles sold during the corresponding month last year.
This is according to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa).
Sales of vehicles in the medium and heavy truck segments of the industry at 684 units and 1 634 units, respectively, had registered declines and, in the case of medium commercial vehicles, represented a fall of 103 units or 13.1% and, in the case of heavy trucks and buses, a more modest decline of 51 vehicles or a fall of 3.0% compared to the corresponding month last year.
