Demand for Class 5-7 medium-duty trucks was up 3 percent in September versus August, and up 9 percent over same time last year, according to ACT Research. This represents the highest volume of medium-duty vehicle orders since April. 

“September is historically a strong month for school bus chassis orders, which remained elevated, so there is an expectation for stronger overall medium-duty orders during the month,” said Kenny Vieth, ACT’s president and senior analyst.

Including Class 8 trucks, overall commercial vehicle demand is being called "healthy" by ACT Research, at 43,000 total North Amercian Class 5-8 orders were booked, which is up 21 percent year-over-year and unchanged since August 2013.

ACT is a publisher of new and used commercial vehicle (CV) industry data, market analysis and forecasting services for the North American market, as well as the China CV market.

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