Figures from October-December 2021 show that Suzuki ' s global motorcycle sales grew in the third quarter of its financial year , by + 14.9 % year-onyear , reaching 8.4bn yen , with higher-end models , including the new Hayabusa , and depreciation in the value of the yen responsible for the increase . However , the increase in profit from Suzuki ' s motorcycle arm was only 0.1bn yen ( a + 7.8 % increase on the same period in 2020 ) thanks to rising raw material prices , taking it to a total of 2.3bn yen . |
For the nine-month period from the start of FY21 , Suzuki ' s motorcycle sales rose to 1,206,000 , an + 8 % increase on the same period in 2020 , but still substantially lower than the 1,344,000 bikes sold in 2019 . However , in Europe , the company ' s sales for April-December 2021 were down by 1.1bn yen , from 22.8bn yen |
in the same period of 2020 to 21.7bn yen in 2021 . Those numbers reflect 22,000 Suzukis sold in Europe from April-December 2021 , a drop of -29.1 % year-on-year . It was worse still in North America , where 22,000 bikes were also sold in the first three quarters of the financial year , but for a decline of -40.8 % on the same period in 2020 . There were substantial increases elsewhere , particularly Asia , where 975,000 Suzukis were sold in the period , up + 11.2 %. In total , during the first three quarters of 2021 , Suzuki ' s |
net motorcycle sales came to 183.7bn yen , up 38.3bn on the same period in 2020 . For the full year to the end of March 2022 , Suzuki ' s latest forecasts predict 1,616,000 bike sales , up from 1,535,000 the previous year , with Europe and America again set to see decreases . European sales are expected to come in at just 30,000 units , down from 39,000 in FY21 , while North American buyers are only expected to account for 31,000 bikes , dropping from 46,000 in the prior period . |