Germany : motorcycles + 24.86 % to February
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+ 26.32 %
2022 2023
In a significant rebound ( the German motorcycle market was -7.22 % for the 2022 full year ), the most recent available data from the IVM ( the motorcycle trade association in Germany ) show January and February motorcycle registration at + 31.26 % ( 4,598 units ) and + 22.29 % ( 10,677 units ) for January and February respectively . This has given the German market a strong start to 2023 with a combined first two-month performance of + 24.86 % ( 15,275 units , compared to 12,234 in 2022 ); despite continuing economic uncertainties , this has been the strongest start to the year in Germany since before 2009 . Reflecting continued benefit from licence changes , in total PTW terms , the German market was + 26.32 % after the first two months ( 23,616 units ) - also the best start to the year since before 2009 . With no fewer than nine models in the top 20 best sellers , it is no surprise that BMW has maintained its commanding dominance in its home market with 4,538 units sold so far for a 29.71 % market share . Honda is second ( 2,264 / 14.82 %), with Yamaha third ( 1,191 / 7.80 %), followed by KTM , Harley , Kawasaki , Ducati , Suzuki , Triumph and Husqvarna in 10th spot .
The latest available data from the MCIA ( the motorcycle industry trade association in the UK ) show a poor start to the motorcycle market in the UK for the first two months of the year , with January -7.07 % ( 5,380 units ) and February -4.31 % ( 4,503 ) to leave the UK market languishing at -5.82 % ( 9,884 units ) for the first two months . Given the economic circumstances in the UK , that is probably a good result . The small ( and shrinking ) UK moped market was -26.55 % ( 617 units ) YTD . Total new PTW registrations in the UK were -7.36 % for the YTD at 10,501 units so far . Within that number , 421 new electric powertrain units were registered in the UK in the first two months of 2023 ( -55.0 % from the 936 units registered in the first two months of 2022 ). The UK scooter market was -17.8 % YTD ( 3,298 units ). However , one age old idiosyncrasy of how new
The BMW R 1250 GS has continued into 2023 as the best-selling model so far this year with 1,358 units sold , followed by the F 900 R and S1000RR for a BMW clean sweep of the top three spots . The Honda CRF 1000 Africa Twin shows the continuing rise of ADV style models in fourth , and the Z 900 as fifth shows Kawasaki ' s market resurgence of recent years as continuing . In electric motorcycle terms , Zero was the top selling brand YTD but on low volumes ( 33 units sold , down from 24 for the corresponding period in 2022 ), followed by Vmoto , TKTM , Energica and eRockit . Though road-going electric motorcycles are only part of the EPTW story , they are a bellwether , and with the top-five brands only recording 68 units registered between them ( with the full German electric motorcycles only numbering 139 ), there is clearly a long way to go if market investments are ever to show a return . In this context , the EU ' s compromise of its 2035 new ICE vehicle ban in the face of the powerful German auto lobby to allow post-2035 registration of vehicles that run exclusively on e-fuels , puts some of the EPTW forecasts being seen used for ambitions
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stock market flotations into an even more ambitious context . Vehicles with internal combustion engines can now still be newly registered throughout the EU after 2035 , if they fill up exclusively with CO2- neutral fuels . For the record : German motorcycle registrations were -7.22% for the full year in 2022 ( 107,992 units ) thanks to the ongoing beneficial impacts of changes in domestic German licencing ; total PTW registrations were essentially flat at + 0.69 % ( 201,433 units ).
UK : motorcycles -5.82 % for January and February 2023
and September . The net effect of this is often to supress new model registrations in the prior 60 days , so it will be what is seen in March that will be an indicative bellwether for the full year in the UK . Brand share leader in February 2023 in the UK was Honda ( 936 units ), followed by Yamaha , BMW , KTM and Lexmoto . For the record : The UK motorcycle market was + 2.01 % for the full year 2022 at 108,510 units - the highest since 2016 and second-best since before 2009 . However , growth evaporated in the second half of 2022 , with five out of the six months negative ; two of those months were greater than -11 % down , and that negative trend has clearly continued into 2023 so far . Total new PTW registrations in the UK in 2022 were + 1.95 % for the full year at 115,633 units .
Spain - Q1 2023 new motorcycle registrations + 12.46 %
The latest available data from ANESDOR - the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain - show that motorcycle registrations in the first quarter of 2023 are + 15.61 % ( 13,171 units ), + 0.10 % ( 12,436 units ) and + 21.78 % ( 17,917 units ) for January , February and March 2023 , putting the market at + 12.46 % for the first quarter on 43,524 units in total . This is by far the strongest Q1 for new motorcycle registrations in Spain since before 2009 . Moped registrations remain soft in Spain at -21.32 % ( 2,824 units ) for Q1 - putting total new PTW registrations at + 9.60 % ( 46,348 units ) for the first three months of 2023 ( compared to 42,290 in 2022 ). The top selling motorcycle brand in Spain in Q1 was Honda ( 10,914 units for a 25.1 % market share ), distantly followed by Yamaha ( 5,213 units , 12.0 % share ) and BMW ( 2,924 units , 6.8 % share ). KYMCO was fourth , followed by Piaggio , Sym , Zontes , Kawasaki , KTM and Aprilia . The top selling model in Spain in Q1 was Honda ' s PCX 125 ( 1,816 units for a 4.2 % market share ), followed by the KYMCO Agility City 125 ( 1,778 units , 4.1 % share ) and the Honda SH125I ( 1,374 units , 3.2 % share ). For the record : Motorcycle registrations in Spain were + 6.30 % for the full year in 2022 at 175,525 units - essentially flat with 2019 as the equal best year for motorcycle registrations in Spain since before 2009 . In total PTW terms , 2022 was + 4.54 % ( 191,225 units ). Demand for electric powered PTWs was + 53.1 % for the full year at 10,188 units , which was 5.8 % of total PTW sales .
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