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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.
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