International Dealer News IDN 139 October/November 2017 | Page 7

STAT ZONE
Spanish motorcycle
registrations -8.03 percent
According to the latest data
available from ANESDOR, the
motorcycle industry trade
association in Spain, new
motorcycle registrations were
down by -14.37 percent in
September (12,389 units),
having been -3.21 percent in
August (10,479 units), and are
-8.03 percent for the first nine
months of 2017 (105,230 YTD).
Overall, total PTW registrations
in September were -11.07
percent (14,458 units), having
Spanish registrations - September 2017
20,000
2016
2017
-11.17%
15,000
Total PTW
5,000
10,000
-14.37%
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been marginally up at +0.28
percent in August, and are -5.01
percent for the YTD at 120,834
units in total.
In moped terms, September
was +14.44 percent (2,069
units sold) and are +21.93
percent for the year to date at
15,604 units. The growth is
largely due to the increases
seen in the ‘RAB Channel’
(Rent-a-Bike scheme
purchases), which was +34
percent in September and has
seen growth of +107.6 percent
in unit terms through August.
General Secretary of ANESDOR
Jose Maria Riano says that “the
six months of decline in new
motorcycle registrations that
we have now seen are due to
the lack of plans and measures
to encourage the acquisition of
new vehicles and the ongoing
impacts of the introduction of
the Euro 4 emissions
regulations on Janu ary 1.” The
average age of the motorcycle
fleet in Spain is one of the
oldest in Europe at 15.6 years.
Germany: -6.38 percent for
the first eight months
The latest statistics released by the
German motorcycle industry trade
association (IVM) show that
motorcycle registrations were down
by -3.40 percent in August (8,290
units), having been up by +5.82
percent in July (10,593 units), and are
running at -6.38 percent for the first
eight months of the year (85,821
units).
In total PTW registration terms,
August was down by -9.22 percent
(12,724 units), having been only
marginally down in July at -0.90
German registrations - August 2017
2016
2017
15,000
-9.22%
TOTAL PTW
-3.40%
5,000
10,000
percent (15,304 units), with the first
eight months of 2017 at -10.49
percent (115,916 units).
As usual these days, BMW’s R 1200
GS continues its inexorable march
towards global domination, having
sold 7,035 units so far in 2017,
leaving Yamaha’s MT-07 to eat its
dust in second with 2,940 units sold,
followed by the Kawasaki Z 650
(2,244 units), Honda’s CRF 1000
‘Africa Twin’ (2,240 units) and
Kawasaki’s Z 900 (1,858 units).
With 7 models in the top 20 selling
list, it is again no surprise that BMW
is market share leader so far this year
in Germany, with 21,773 units sold
for an 18.78 percent increased
market share. Honda is second
(15,326 units sold for a 13.22
percent market share), with Yamaha
third (13,316 units sold for an 11.49
percent market share), followed by
KTM, Kawasaki, Piaggio, Harley-
Davidson, Ducati, Triumph and Suzuki
tenth.
FACTS
ACEM Stats
Highlights from
the latest data
from ACEM, the
Brussels based
international
trade association,
for the second
quarter and first
half year of 2017 …
Combined registrations of motorcycles
and mopeds in the EU (all PTWs –
Powered Two Wheelers) reached
682,008 units during the second
quarter of 2017, representing a
decrease of -3.0% compared to same
quarter of the previous year.
Italy was the best performing
market with 137,483 units sold
(+5.9% compared to Q2 2016).
Registrations also went up in
France (134,036 units, +4.5%).
This contrasts with the situation in
other large European markets such
as Germany (102,929 units, -12.6%),
Spain (76,558 units, -5.3%) and the
UK (56,677 units, -14.1%).
In motorcycle terms, registrations of
motorcycles in the EU reached
520,846 units during Q2 2017
(-4.9% compared to Q2 2016).
The Italian motorcycle market is
currently the largest in Europe with
124,913 units registered in Q2 2017
(+6.6% compared to the same
quarter of the previous year).
Motorcycle registrations also increased
in France (91,494 units, +2.6%), but
decreased in Germany (88,322 units,
-12.3%), Spain (67,373 vehicles,
-8.1%) and the UK (53,549 units,
-13.4%).
Registrations of mopeds in the EU
increased by +3.66% (161,162 units),
led by strong growth in the two
largest European markets - France
(42,542 units, +9%) and the
Netherlands (37,032 units, +8.4%).
Moped registrations declined in
Germany (14,067 units, -14.8%), but
remained stable in Poland (12,586
units, +0.5%) and Italy (12,570 units,
-0.5%).
Total registrations of electric mopeds,
motorcycles and quadricycles reached
13,089 units during Q2 2017, an
increase of +30.5% compared to
Q2 2016 (10,576 units).
A total of 10,204 electric mopeds and
1,995 electric motorcycles were
registered in Europe (+78.1% and
+23.5% respectively), whilst figures
for electric quadricycles went down
from 3,232 in Q2 2016 to 1,610 units
in Q2 2017 (-50.2%).
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