American Bus Association Foundation Tracking Motorcoach Sales

Published on : Saturday, December 21, 2013

aba-logoEach quarter, the American Bus Association Foundation asks its motorcoach manufacturers about sales data information so members and others can help understand the industry trends in motorcoach purchasing.

Starting in 2014, the Foundation will pair this dataset with a survey sample from operators that asks them to project future vehicle purchases. The combination of demand and sales data should help the industry more accurately forecast product development and operator demand.

Third quarter sales data from ABC Companies, Motor Coach Industries/Setra and Prevost/Volvo are included. As additional builders and distributors are added to the data collection, estimates and trending information will be updated.

Topline Numbers:

New Vehicle Private Sector Sales for Q3: 292 units
Pre-owned Private Sector Sales for Q1/Q3: 226 units
New Vehicle Public Sector Sales for Q1/Q3: 26 units
Pre-owned Public Sector Sales for Q1/Q2: 0 units

Defining the Sector and Sale:

Public sector is defined as any end customer for whom the ultimate use of the vehicle will be by a government agency, university or publicly funded or controlled transportation system.
Private sector is defined as any end customer for whom the ultimate use of the vehicle will be for passenger transportation by a privately held or publicly traded corporation.
New vehicle sale is defined as the delivery of a vehicle with seating positions for the first title transfer to the end user or lessor.
Pre-owned vehicle sale is defined as the delivery of a vehicle with seated positions that has had a title transfer at least once prior to delivery to the end user or lessor.
Shell is defined as the sale of a monocoque or unibody chassis with integrated passenger deck above a luggage compartment to a third-party coach builder for commercial leasing.

Source:- ABA

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