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Sources: AMD, IDN, FT, Reuters, PSB, MPN, B&B, BDN, MCN, AP, Bloomberg, MNW. electricmotorcycles.news news ROOM NEWS BRIEFS In the absence of the 2020 INTERMOT and EICMA shows, IDN will publish the first of a winter and spring 2021 sequence of 64- page "No Show Specials" as the October/November edition - usually our INTERMOT and EICMA preview. The mission is to showcase the vendor company and product news that will otherwise be left to dwell in the shadows! Deadline will be September 14. The January 2021 edition of MC Mässan, the annual powersports industry expo in Sweden, has been cancelled. Slated for Gothenburg (the show alternates between there and Stockholm), Swedish authorities have not yet indicated any likelihood that the present restrictions on large indoor events will be lifted in time for the show to go ahead. Instead the organisers are working on a tentative plan for the show to move outdoors in the spring - possibly in May 2021. The Start2Ride event planned for 19-20 September in Eskilstuna this year is also cancelled. Documents leaked from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in the USA appear to suggest that Ducati is working on a 1,260 cc 157 hp Lamborghini edition Diavel. A Multistrada Enduro 1260 Grand Tour and a Scrambler 1100 Pro Dark may also be in the pipeline. BMW sees 12% global growth in June BMW Motorrad has posted its best ever sales results for the month of June and says it is "entering the second half of the year with confidence". Dr. Markus Schramm, Head of BMW Motorrad, said: "After a great start to the new year, we were still up by the end of February, with an increase of almost +12% on the previous year. Then the dynamic development of the Corona pandemic also began to have a negative impact on the demand for motorcycles. But we see clear light at the end of the tunnel again." BMW motorcycle and scooter sales in June were +9.8% over the same month last year, with a total of 20,021 BMW motorcycles sold. Despite understandably weak sales from March to May, BMW Motorrad sold 76,707 motorcycles worldwide in the first half of 2020 - a decrease of -17.7%. Sales of 13,937 units in Europe (+2,684 more than in the same month of the previous year) saw the company post +23.9% for January to June; with a +58.2% increase in the German home market. They were +72.9% in France; +52.2% in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg; and +52.0% in Portugal. Sales in Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Russia and Thailand were +17.3% in June (2,997 units). The new BMW Motorrad models F 900 R, F 900 XR and S 1000 XR were strong sellers, as were the perennial favourites R 1250 GS and R 1250 GS Adventure and the other 'Boxers' such as the S 1000 RR Super Sports model. The company says it expects to see U.S. sales buoyed by the new R 18 Cruiser. BMW is marking the 40th anniversary of the GS line - the R 80 G/S made its debut at IFMA, Cologne, in 1980. The new anniversary edition F 750 GS, F 850 GS and F 850 GS Adventure - ABS PRO and DTC (Dynamic Traction Control) are now standard. BMW Motorrad says it expects sales in the rest of 2020 further buoyed by its new R 18 Cruiser - especially in USA where the company is not disguising the fact that it is targeting Harley Big Twin sales. 48 INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020 www.idnmag.com