Class 8 order activity 2026 rises as January orders hit 30,800 units and February reaches 46,200, signaling improving fleet ...

North American Class 8 truck orders jumped in December compared with the same month a year earlier, according to ACT Research, for the first such increase since May. Orders typically increase in the ...

December U.S. Class 8 retail sales fell year over year 9.6% to 20,225 but jumped 62.1% from November, per Omdia. Year-to-date sales are down 13.3% to 208,386 as tariffs, inflation and weak trucking ...

North American Class 8 net orders saw a 40% increase in May compared to April’s low figures, reaching 12,000 units, according to FTR Transportation Intelligence. However, orders were still down 47% ...

Truck OEMs are about to open their 2026 order books, but industry analysts don’t expect fleets to rush to place orders. There remains too much economic and tariff-related uncertainty and they’re more ...

This will be a challenging year for the aftermarket economy, but the signals so far are positive for Canada. The forecast was unveiled hours before U.S. President Donald Trump said he planned to ...