International Dealer News 171 Feb/Mar 2023 IDN171 Feb/Mar 2023 | Page 7

UK : Motorcycles + 2.01 % for 2022

The latest available data from the MCIA ( the motorcycle industry trade association in the UK ) show full-year UK new motorcycle registrations at + 2.01 % compared to 2021 at 108,510 units for the year , the highest since 2016 . Given the economic circumstances in the UK , this is a good result . However , growth evaporated in the second half of 2022 with five out the six months negative ; two of those months were greater than -11 % down . Based on trend , excepting for an
unlikely bounce in the first half of 2023 , the UK motorcycle market is clearly already in recession , with the second half of 2022 down by almost 7 %. Total new PTW registrations in the UK in 2022 were + 1.95 % for the full year at 115,633 units - the second-best market performance since 2009 . However , the second half negative trend is baked into all sectors of the powered two-wheeler market in the UK . Within that data , total scooter sales in the UK were + 1.9 % for the full year .
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106,372 108,510
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Germany : motorcycles -7.22 % for 2022

While ACEM ' s registration statistics for Europe as a whole showed 2022 to be " essentially flat " at + 0.1 % for the ' Big Five ' markets ( see front cover story and chart ), the latest data from the IVM - the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany - showed new motorcycle registrations there down by -19.94 % in December ( 2,960 units ) and down by -7.22 % for the full year at 107,992 units . The current year started strongly in Germany with some good results , but , as predicted by IDN , a downward trend has set in from May and , excepting for an anomalous + 16.93 % in November ( on low volume ), registration numbers have been negative ever since . This is the lowest German market annual motorcycle registrations number since 2016 . In total PTW terms , the German market is essentially flat with new registrations for the full year at + 0.69 % ( 201 , 433 units ), up on 2019 , essentially level with 2021 , but down on the 218,778 PTWs registered in 2020 . The B126 licence regulation change has greatly boosted low displacement sales since 2020 , especially at 125 cc . With 72,022 newly registered 125 cc vehicles in 2022 , the L3e-A1 class achieved its best result in 20 years . Scooters did well too with a 20 % increase for 36,613 newly registered units . Light motorcycles were + 2.2 %/ 35,409 units . Larger displacement scooters also grew well at + 14.4 % ( 18,179 units ). Electric PTWs now have a
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+ 0.69 %
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107,992
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4.86 % share of the German market ( 9,632 units ). In the entry-level 45 Km / h electric ' fast ' mopeds category , total vehicle sales increased by 21.7 % to 29,230 units in 202 Zero is electric motorcycle market share leader , but with just 357 units sold for a + 32.2 % increase , we are talking ultra-low volumes still at this stage . Vmoto was in second place in market share terms ,
followed by KTM , Tinbot and Electric Motion . NIU is the electric scooter market share leader ( 1,390 units /+ 171.0 %), ahead of Scutum , Horwin , BMW and Piaggio . As expected , the top selling motorcycle in Germany in 2022 was the BMW R 1250 GS with 8,530 units sold for a 7.90 % share of the total market - remarkable for a single model - and way ahead of the Kawasaki Z900 in second ( 3,599 units ), followed by the Yamaha MT-07 and Ténéré 700 , Honda ' s CRF 1000 Africa Twin , the Kawasaki Z650 , Suzuki SV 650 , Honda CB 650 R Neo Sports Café , the KTM 390 Duke , and the Honda CMX 500 Rebel in 10th spot . With 11 models in the top 50 bestsellers , it is no surprise that BMW is ( again ) the runaway market share leader in its home market with a 21.27 % share ( 22,973 total units sold YTD ). Honda is a distant second with a 10.79 % share ( 11,657 units ), followed by Kawasaki ( 10.49 %/ 11,327 units ), Yamaha ( 8.46 %/ 9,144 units ) and KTM fifth ( 8.31 %/ 8,979 units ). The top ten sees Harley-Davidson in sixth place , followed by Ducati , Triumph , Suzuki and Royal Enfield tenth ( 3.26 % share / 3,519 units sold ). The Vespa GTS 300 Super owns the internal combustion engine market in Germany with 7,149 units sold ( 39.33 % market share ), ahead of the Piaggio MP3 LT HPE in second spot with 771 units sold for a 4.24 % share .

Italy : Motorcycles + 6.35 % in 2022

According to the latest available data from ANCMA , the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy , last year ended strongly with new motorcycle registrations + 17.30 % in October ( 7,9455 units ), + 30.69 % in November ( 6,401 units ) and + 2.21 % in December ( 3,605 units ). This took the total of new motorcycle registrations in Italy for the 2022 full year to + 6.35 % at 126,571 units . In new units sold terms , 2022 was the best year in Italy since before 2013 . The Italian motorcycle market has consigned the ' Covid Years ' firmly into the rear
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view mirror . Total PTW registrations in Italy for the 2022 full year were essentially flat at + 0.09 % - but the 270,416 new model registrations total is the best for the Italian market since before 2011 . Of those , ANCMA is classifying 143,845 as Scooters , which is -4.84 %. The Chinese made , Italian designed Benelli TRK 502 / X was the top selling motorcycle in Italy in 2022 at 6,645 units , making it the fourth best seller overall . The BMW R 1250 GS was the second bestselling motorcycle ( 4,062 units YTD ), followed by Yamaha ' s Ténéré 700 ( 2,762 ).
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