Commercial vehicle exports were all well down in March, according to National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) figures, with the exception of extra heavy vehicles and buses. Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) exported 6 349 units in March, with a total of 13 311 for the year-to-date (YTD) – well down on last year’s YTD of 16 882 units. Mediums (MCVs), meantime, exported eight units in March and 23 for the YTD – compared to 39 units in YTD 08. Heavies (HCVs) only exported 11 units in March, with the 34 units of the YTD down on last year’s 40 units. But extra heavies (EHCVs) are still performing well. 14 units were exported in March and 131 for the YTD – well up on the 60 units last year. Buses sold what sounds like a feeble 2 units, but had still totted up 32 for the YTD – marginally up on last year’s 31 units.
