MAN Truck & Bus achieved significant sales growth in all product areas in the 2023 financial year, delivering around 116 000 vehicles to its customers, an increase of 37% compared to the previous year, which was still affected by supply bottlenecks and a coronavirus-related decline in demand in the bus segment. In addition, 11 600 engines were sold.
Friedrich Baumann, Chief Sales and Customer Solutions Officer at MAN Truck & Bus SE, is impressed: “After some very challenging years, we are back on the road to success. We were able to score points with our innovative product portfolio and our customer-oriented services, which is one of the reasons why the 2023 financial year brought us record sales in some cases.
“Thanks to a strong team performance across all areas of the company, we were able to meet the extremely high demand in the best possible way and deliver more vehicles and engines than we have for years.”
Truck sales developed particularly positively, growing by 44% year-on-year to around 83 700 units.
Bus sales also rose, increasing by 19% to around 5 700 units. All segments recorded strong growth, with the market for coaches in particular, which had slumped due to the coronavirus pandemic, recovering significantly. Sales of coaches more than doubled to over 1 100 vehicles.
The van business also increased significantly. MAN Truck & Bus even exceeded the pre-corona figures and delivered more vans than ever before. Around 26 600 vans were handed over to customers, which corresponds to an increase of 23%.
