Italy - motorcycles + 6.13 % to June 2022 , but trend is down
The new year started strongly in Italy with motorcycle registrations + 23.32 % and + 27.81 % for January and February respectively . However , the apparent underlying downward trend that IDN reported in April has continued since . According to the latest available data from ANCMA - the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy - motorcycle registrations were broadly flat in May , but down again in June by -2.81 % ( 16,143 units ), with the first six months running at 6.13 % ( 79,162 units ). While that is comfortably ahead of 2019 and the best first half year market performance in Italy in more than a decade , expect demand to flatten out or even decline as consumer confidence takes a hit from the present range of issues affecting most markets . Indeed , the total PTW registrations data for Italy for the first half year is 150,000 already in negative territory at -2.74% YTD ; though at 123,915 100,000 registrations in six months , that is still the second best since 2012 - only last year
50,000 was marginally better by around 3,500 units . Of the total of 166,183 registrations of units over 50 cc reported by the Italian Transport Ministry for the first six months ( which confirms the downward trend with its data showing -3.30% YTD ), 82,021 were scooters ( -10.94% YTD ), with the 79,162 motorcycles recorded showing
It is odd to be pointing to a downward trend in a market where YTD new motorcycle registrations are + 10.03 % ( 59,864 units ) for the all-important |
Motorcycle registrations were -11.02% in the UK in May ( 11,237 units ) and -15.59% ( 11,801 units ) as the perfect storm of inventory |
first half of the year , but the most recent available data from the MCIA , the motorcycle industry trade association in the UK , shows exactly that , a downward trend . |
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The UK saw statistically anomalous increases of + 68.38 % ( 5,789 units ) and + 87.12 % ( 4,706 units ) in January and
February respectively . That was followed by + 35.26 % ( 15,704 units ) in March - traditionally the best month for motorcycle sales in the UK - a drop to just + 3.86 % ( 10,627 units ) for April and negative territory , in monthly terms , since then .
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motorcycle demand still robust at + 6.13 % YTD . The Benelli TRK 502 / X was the top selling motorcycle YTD ( 4,436 units ) and in fourth spot overall behind Honda ' s SH 125 / 150 and the KYMCO
availability , cost of living crisis reducing disposable incomes , war and ever-reducing economic growth forecasts weigh on consumer confidence . This is despite high petrol prices and squeezes on spending usually being positives for the motorcycle industry in the UK provided employment remains high - which , for now , it still is . The data for the first six months leaves the UK motorcycle market broadly flat with the sales levels seen in 2019 . Total new PTW registrations were + 10.08 % for the half year at 63,963 total units , which is still some 4,000 ahead of 2019 and the best since before 2019 . Within that data , total scooter sales in the UK were + 7.4 % for the first six months at 17,309 units ; the top selling scooter in the
Agility 125 R16 . The BMW R 1250 GS is the second bestselling motorcycle ( 2,510 units YTD ), followed by the Ténéré 700 and Multistrada V4 / S . Yamaha is doing well with its maxiscooters , with the TMAX the fourth bestselling scooter , the XMAX 350 is in eighth spot ; Honda ' s X-ADV is also selling well ( 1,768 units YTD ). For the record - Italy was again the largest market in Europe in 2021 with motorcycle registrations + 26.49 % ( 119,079 units ) compared to 2020 - the best for more than a decade . Total PTWs were + 23.58 % for the 2021 full year with a massive 270,232 total units sold - also the best for a decade ( 218,677 units in 2020 , 231,985 in 2019 ). The bestselling motorcycle in Italy in 2021 was the Benelli TRK 502 / X ( 6,543 units ).
UK - motorcycle registrations + 10.03 % to June 2022
UK registrations to June
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Italian registrations to June
UK in June was the Yamaha NMAX 125 . The top selling motorcycle in the UK in June was the Triumph Trident ( 225 units ), with the R 1250 GS Adventure topping the ADV sector ( 212 ); the GSXS 1000 T was the bestselling Road / Sport model , with the Honda NT 1100 the most popular Touring model . The Royal Enfield Meteor and Classic 350s topped the Custom and ' Modern Classics ' markets respectively . Honda was market share leader ( 2,200 units sold in June ), followed by Triumph , Yamaha , BMW , Royal Enfield , Lexmoto , KTM , Suzuki , Kawasaki and Piaggio . For the record - motorcycle registrations for the full year 2021 in the UK were + 10.17 at 106,355 units - the best UK annual market since 2016 . Total PTWs were + 9.39 % at 113,397 units .
Spain - motorcycles + 11.54 % for first six months
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Marking an improvement is the sales action seen in Spain in March and April this year , the latest data from ANESDOR - the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain - shows that growth for 2022 is firmly established . New motorcycle registrations in May were + 21.87 % ( 19,184 units ) and + 4.86 % in June ( 19,527 units ), with the YTD at + 11.54 %, 91,453 new units registered . That is the best first six months market performance in Spain in more than a decade . Moped registrations in Spain were -8.89 % YTD at 7,875 units , but total PTWs were running at + 9.59 % YTD at 99,328 units registered so far . |
For the first half of the year , demand for electric powered PTWs was 73.1 % up on the first half of 2021 , but at 5,251 units , they still only account for 5.7 % of new registrations , conventional Internal Combustion Engine machines are still taking 94.3 % of available sales . Honda is market share leader in Spain YTD with a 22.9 % share ( 20,971 units ), followed by Yamaha ( 12.1 %), Piaggio ( 6.7 %), Sym ( 6.6 %), with BMW and KYMCO both taking around 6.3 % of the market ; they are followed by KTM , Kawasaki , Zontes and Benelli . Remarkably , the Sym Symphony 125 is the top seller , ahead of Honda ' s traditionally all-conquering SH and PCX |
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125 scooters . For the record - motorcycle registrations in Spain were + 6.26 % for the full year in 2021 at 165,115 units . The Spanish market had not yet caught up with 2019 registrations though ( 175,585 units ), but 2021 was the second-best motorcycle and scooter market performance in Spain since before 2009 . In total PTW terms , 2021 was + 3.26 ( 182,922 units ) - also the second best since before the 2007 / 2009 financial crisis .
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