Commercial vehicle registrations rise in Europe

European commercial vehicle registrations are up for the first three months of the year by nearly 26,000, or 4.7 per cent, to 590,143, according to CV Transport News.

All classes did better in the first quarter of this year than last, but the biggest percentage increase goes to buses, up 9.8% to 9,503. The biggest volume increase is for light vehicles, up 4.9% to 493,763.