International Dealer News IDN 147 February/March 2019 | Page 7

STAT ZONE
UK full year motorcycle
registrations +2.90
UK registrations 2018
2018
2017
120,000
+0.49%
+2.90%
60,000
90,000
market bucked the trend by finishing
2018 slightly ahead of 2017, as more
people took advantage of motorcycles
and scooters to beat congestion on
their daily commute, improve air
quality and enjoy their journeys”. The
organisation is hopeful that growth
will continue in 2019, saying it believes
that “increased consideration of PTWs
and other Powered Light Vehicles
within Government transport and road
planning would tempt many drivers
away from their single-occupancy cars,
especially where walking, cycling and
public transport are not viable
alternatives”.
The small UK moped market declined
by -29.75 percent in 2018 (5,418
units), with total PTW registrations
slightly up for the year at +0.49
(105,169 units).
The latest data from the MCIA (the
Motorcycle Industry Association)
shows motorcycle registrations for
2018 in the UK at -3.88 percent (4,736
units) for December, having been -1.00
percent in November (5,668 units) and
finishing 2018 at +2.90 percent at
99,751 units. This is an increase
compared to 96,943 units in 2017, but
a decrease from the recent market high
of 118,976 units in 2016. Although the
2016 high was artificially inflated by
registration of pre-Euro 4 inventory, the
market is yet to return to the more
realistic total of 104,815 in 2015 and
is still -4.83 percent down from this
level.
The MCIA has reflected on 2018,
saying “in a year that has seen
turbulence across several retail sectors,
the Powered Two-Wheeler (PTW)
30,000
TOTAL PTW
MOTORCYCLE
Austria 2018: motorcycles +8.79 percent
The latest data released by the
motorcycle trade association in
A u s t r i a (A r g e 2 R a d ) s h o w s
registrations of new motorcycles up
by +39.73 percent on low volumes,
having been down by -2.74 percent
for Q3 at 3,088 units. The Austrian
motorcycle market was +8.79
percent for the year at 13,965 units.
Total PTW registrations were down by
-24.70 percent for Q4 (3,110 units),
having been -5.45 percent for Q3
(11,615 units) and are -6.39 percent
for the full year (38,142).
In its home market KTM is motorcycle
market share leader, having sold
3,279 units for a 23.48 percent
market share. BMW is second (1,617
units sold/11.58 percent share),
Honda third (1,548 units/11.08
percent share), followed by Yamaha
(1,513 units) and Harley-Davidson
(1,079 units); Kawasaki, Husqvarna,
Suzuki, Ducati and Triumph complete
the top ten.
In 2017, new motorcycle, scooter and
moped registrations totalled 40,744
units, which was -6.60 percent down
on 2016 (43,621 units); 2016 saw
the highest number of new
registrations in Austria since 2012
(46,047 units).
Spain: motorcycles +14.32 percent in 2018
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Spanish registrations 2018
2017
2018
200,000
+8.89%
50,000
TOTAL PTW
as more and more Spanish
citizens turn to two wheels for
mobility in the city”.
ANESDOR is projecting 3%
100,000
+14.32%
150,000
2017, and this explains why the
growth in sales in the first half
of 2018 was higher than in the
second half of the year”.
Scooters were the largest
motorcycle registrations sector,
taking 58% of the 158,086
registrations for a 10 percent
growth in 2018 (92,016 units).
Road bikes increased +19
percent to 58,980 units, with
the small off-road sector
growing +25 percent (6,810
units) after a big decline in
2017.
Motorcycles up to 125 cc grew
+15.5% in 2018 to 86,170 units;
motorcycles over 215 cc were
+12.9% (79,916 units). The
decline in moped registrations
was due to their Euro 3/Euro 4
crossover, which happened at
the beginning of January 2018.
Riano also commented that “the
growth in road bikes was
especially stimulated by
continued growth in urban use
The latest data from ANESDOR,
the motorcycle industry trade
association in Spain, shows
motorcycle registrations +19.00
percent for December (9,871
units), having been -10.42
percent in November (10,205
units) and +15.15 percent in
October (14,354 units). For the
YTD the market in Spain was
+14.32 percent at 158,086
units.
The moped market in Spain
remains soft (-26.42
percent/15,459 units in 2018),
with total PTW registrations
+8.89 percent in 2018 at
173,545 units.
Jose Maria Riano, Secretary
General of ANESDOR, says that
“during 2018 the market in
Spain recovered the growth
trend after overcoming the Euro
4 regulatory change seen at the
start of 2017. That brought a
sharp drop in registration
statistics during the first half of
MOTORCYCLE
growth for 2019 (3.5%/163,600
units are expected to be
motorcycles, with mopeds
+2.3%).
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