Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest
A concise monthly executive summary of commercial vehicle dealer, sales, used truck, and transportation market signals.
ACT’s Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest gives dealer executives and market-facing teams a concise monthly view of the commercial vehicle and transportation signals that shape sales, inventory, used truck values, and customer demand. Designed for busy decision-makers, the Digest summarizes key trends across new Classes 5–8 trucks and tractors, used trucks, new trailers, transportation metrics, publicly traded truckload carriers, intermodal markets, economics, and energy prices.
A quick-read market view for commercial vehicle dealers
For more than a decade, ACT has gathered used truck sales data from commercial vehicle dealers and industry participants. ACT confidentially processes this data and uses it to support market intelligence on used truck activity, pricing, inventory, and cycle movement.
The Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest brings that dealer-relevant perspective into a concise monthly format. It helps dealership leaders monitor the transportation and commercial vehicle market signals that may affect sales planning, inventory strategy, trade timing, customer conversations, and near-term market expectations.
Use the Digest to stay current on dealer-relevant market conditions without reading multiple full-length ACT reports each month.
What the Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest includes
Each monthly Digest provides high-level coverage and quick-read visuals across the market categories most relevant to commercial vehicle dealers and dealer-adjacent teams.
- Commercial trucking sector trends
- Publicly traded truckload carrier data
- Rail and intermodal market indicators
- New Classes 5–8 truck and tractor market activity
- Used truck market trends
- New trailer market trends
- Transportation metrics
- Economic indicators
- Energy price context
- Quick-read graphs and explanatory captions
- Forecast summary and forecast tables for U.S. and Canadian Classes 5–8 retail sales
- U.S. trailer production forecast tables
Who uses the Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest?
The Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest is designed for dealer executives, sales leaders, used truck managers, finance teams, inventory teams, OEM field teams, and market analysts who need a concise view of commercial vehicle market conditions.
It is especially useful for teams that need market context for sales planning, budgeting, inventory discussions, customer conversations, and short-term forecasting.
- Executive briefings and leadership updates
- Sales and customer conversation preparation
- Used truck market monitoring
- Inventory and trade timing discussions
- Budgeting and short-term planning
- Market context for retail sales and trailer production expectations
Why it matters for dealers
Dealer performance is shaped by more than one market indicator. New truck demand, used truck values, freight conditions, carrier profitability, trailer activity, financing conditions, and economic trends all influence customer behavior and sales opportunities.
The Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest helps dealers connect those signals in a quick-read format, so teams can better understand what is changing in the market and how those changes may affect sales, inventory, trade, and customer planning conversations.
Related reports and market intelligence
Questions about whether the Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest is right for your team?
ACT can help you determine whether the Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, a State of the Industry report, forecast, database, or another ACT market intelligence product is the right fit for your planning needs.