The marketing of heavy vehicles in Mexico spun in July seven months with annual rate falls.
Last month 3,377 units were placed, a 33.2% drop compared to the same month last year, according to information from the Mexican Association of Automotive Distributors (AMDA).
The agency’s executive president, Guillermo Rosales, explained that most of the classes and segments of the market presented reductions, except for the rest bus category, which grew 12.9%.
Regarding the previous month, the placement of heavy vehicles grew 9.8%.
In the accumulated between January and July there was a contraction of 24.6% per year to 23,926 automotive.
“A lower growth forecast of the Mexican economy with a negative performance of fixed investment in machinery and equipment of -8.2% in May 2025 against 2024 and the business confidence of transport equipment of -10.3% in July 2025 against 2024, are a reflection of a phase of lower activity in the sector,” Rosales explained on Monday at a joint press conference with the National Association of Producers of Buses, Trucks and Trucks.
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Rosales Zárate predicted that the retail sale of heavy vehicles by the end of the year will be located in negative terrain with a more acute variation range than in the previous report to be between a drop from 17.4% to 19.5% compared to 2024, not including foreign buses, which are sold directly by shipowners.
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