Complete fleet gross sales for the month — which is comprised of business, rental, and authorities gross sales — got here in at 178,252, which represented a 36% drop from the identical time final 12 months.
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Business fleet gross sales by February 2021 have been down 13.9% in comparison with identical time final 12 months, although it needed to compete with the strongest month of 2020, which was the final month earlier than COVID-19 was declared a pandemic within the U.S.
The decline in business fleet gross sales noticed its most important drop in for the automotive phase, down 58.5%, year-over-year, although this phase has been declining following the continued curiosity from fleets towards extra SUVs and vehicles.
In the meantime, whereas the truck and SUV phase additionally noticed declines in February, they weren’t down as considerably as automobiles, solely dropping 8.9%. Complete business fleet gross sales in February have been at 56,699 models.
Complete fleet gross sales for the month — which is comprised of business, rental, and authorities gross sales — got here in at 178,252, which represented a 36% drop from the identical time final 12 months.
Authorities fleets additionally noticed declines for every phase. There was a 53.1% decline in automobiles offered to authorities fleets in February, and a 36.7% decline within the truck and SUV phase. Mixed, truck, SUV, and automotive car gross sales for presidency fleets added to 14,104 models, which mirrored a 38.6% decline.
In the meantime. for rental fleets, there was a 43.4% general decline in fleet gross sales through the month, based on gross sales information. By way of January, rental fleet automotive gross sales fell by 29,7%, totaling 43,145 models. The truck and SUV phase gross sales decreased 49.9% at 64,304 models.
