STAT ZONE
Motorcycle registrations in Spain -20.80 percent for January / February 2017
The predictably misleading new registrations data for the first months of 2017 has emerged from Europe ’ s trade associations – thanks to the rush to pre-register unsold Euro 3 models before the December 31st deadline rendered them obsolete . According to the latest data available from ANESDOR , the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain , new motorcycle registrations for the period January to February 2017 were down by -20.80 percent at 14,006 units ( 17,684 in 2016 ), but that makes no allowance for the several thousand of pre-registered Euro 3 bikes that nonetheless have probably found happy buyers and attractive prices – probably boosting the “ official figure ” sufficiently to , at worst , make for a flat market , but in all probability for one that has continued to grow . Moped registrations in Spain do not appear to be having equivalent preregistration blues though , with the January and February market there up by + 24.22 percent , albeit on low volume ( 2,431 units ), leaving the total number of all PTW units newly registered in Spain in the first two months of the year at -16.32 percent , 16,437 units . Honda remains market share leader in Spain , taking 21.1 percent of the motorcycle market there year-to-date ( 2,954 units ), followed by Yamaha ( 13.8 percent ), Kymco ( 9.1 percent ), BMW , Piaggio , Kawasaki , Sym , Suzuki , KTM and Triumph . The top-selling motorcycle remains the Kawasaki Z 900 , followed by the Yamaha MT-07 . So far in 2017 , 73 E-Bikes have been registered , representing 0.5 percent of the motorcycle market . So far in 2017 , scooters represent 54
UNITS
12,000
8,000
4,000
Spanish registrations - Feb 2017
10,021
-17.65 %
8,252
Total PTW
percent of sales of vehicles greater than 50cc at 7,584 units YTD ; motorcycles of 126 to 750 cc represent 31 percent of the market so far in 2017 at 4,371 units , with 750cc + machines representing 20 percent of sales
9,047
2016 2017
-22.32 %
7,028
MOTORCYCLE
( 2,756 units ) YTD . The Spanish market has seen 269 ATV / Quad / UTV models registered YTD , with Polaris the major player ( 82 units ), followed by CF-Moto and Can- Am .
Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe + 7.76 percent in January
The latest data released by JAMA ( the automotive trade association in Japan , which includes representation of motorcycle manufacturers among its membership ) shows exports of 250cc + Japanese made motorcycles to Europe up by + 7.76 percent in January 2017 , despite the hangover from Euro 3 pre-registrations ( 19,689 units ) – the strongest January export figure since 2009 . For the full year 2016 exports to Europe were + 18.83 percent at 180,290 units – the best full year performance experienced by the Japanese factories in 20,000 terms of exports to Europe since the 201,000 exported in 15,000 2010 , but still a long way south of the 420,000 exported in 10,000 2007 and 461,000 in 2000 . Exports to U . S . A . were
5,000
-12.22 percent in January at 5,008 units , the lowest January number since compatible records
UNITS are available . Global Japanese made motorcycle exports were essentially flat overall for January at + 0.6 percent ( 30,473 units ). Japanese manufactured total PTW exports to Europe were also up in January at + 9.23 percent ( 20,586 units ) – also the best January performance since 2009 . To the U . S . A total PTW exports were -23.43 percent at 8,138 units and -4.37 percent globally at 38,002 units . Total worldwide Japanese
Japanese Exports to Europe - Jan 2017
18,846
+ 9.23 %
20,586
TOTAL PTW
18,271
2016
MOTORCYCLE
manufactured PTW exports were + 2.61 percent for the full year 2016 at 428,619 units – their second lowest in the 21st century , having appeared to have bottomed out at 417,000 in 2015 ; they peaked at 1.641m units in 2000 . The increasing number of units being made by the Japanese manufacturers elsewhere in Asia , the US and South / Central America goes some way to explaining the data , though the
+ 7.76 %
19,689
2017
UNITS
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
majority of higher value larger displacement Japanese brand machines , especially those being sold in Europe , are still made in Japan . Their overseas factories are primarily engaged in making and selling scooters and smaller capacity units in ' emerging ' markets ( where import tariffs are high ) and in making ATV / UTV units - especially in the United States , where demand for such machines is strongest .
Japanese Exports to the US - Jan 2017
10,629
-23.43 %
8,139
TOTAL LPTW
5,705
2016
-12.22 %
5,008
MOTORCYCLE
2017
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