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NEwsROOM ........................................................ 6-40,64 COMMENT - EICMA has its momentum back !............ 4
Having been to both INTERMOT and EICMA in the space of a month , Robin Bradley contrasts two shows headed in different directions . He says that " Europe needs both - it needs a healthy INTERMOT so the industry can better access valuable north European riders and dealers , but the German exhibitor community has lost its mojo ."
STATZONE - The good , the average and the ugly .... 6-7
Italy registrations to October
251,627
-1.76 %
247,210
2021 2022
110,584
+ 5.41 %
PTW MOTORCYCLE
116,565
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150,000
100,000
50,000
Spain registrations to November
169,035
+ 5.59 %
178,485
152,895
164,111
2021 2022
+ 7.34 %
PTW MOTORCYCLE
Reports from Italy , Spain , the UK and Germany show mixed fortunes for four of Europe ' s five majors , but there is evidence that the inventory bottleneck may have started to ease from late summer as dealers started getting more bikes from Japan .
LETTER FROM UKRAINE - " We lost water supply , so we dug a well " ...... 8
Ukrainian reliance and resourcefulness should never be underestimated . History has shown many examples of how being under attack can do wonderful as well as awful things to a country . DJ Maughfling of Supersprox is seeing both as Russia blames the UK and USA for having to invade in order to save the Ukrainians from freedom .
EICMA A-Z - 21 manufacturer reports from 12 different countries ...... 16-29
Eight of those reports were of selected electric vehicle projects as EICMA starts to see the ' major ' OEMs get closer to their own visions of what the future will look like , and as evolutionary capitalism starts to separate the start-up survivors from the historical footnotes .
EICMA 2022 - More than 40 vendor reports from 14 countries ........ 30-40
Momentum is a powerful thing , and as reported elsewhere , EICMA has built on the start its 2021 reboot gave it . There were aftermarket vendor absences , but there were also plenty of comebacks and new businesses - enough to keep any dealer or importer / distributor ' dance card ' full .
PROGUIDE - ARAI ............................ 42
" Dedication to protection " is the legendary Japanese manufacturer ' s mantra , and new flagship products , graphics and concepts abound as ARAI brings home its core safety messaging .
PROGUIDE ...................................................................................... 42-60
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