UPS AND DOWNS IN MAY

It may be premature to credit May’s rebound in commercial vehicle sales on the election – after all, these are not spur-of-the-moment decisions.

But rebound they have, to 3,556 from April total of 2,943 after March’s 3,296 and February’s 2,826, according to Truck Industry Council (TIC) T-Mark figures.

As we’ve come to expect, this May is below last year’s bumper May of 3,913