Germany - motorcycles + 16.36 % to August
The significant rebound in new motorcycle registrations so far this year in Germany ( the German motorcycle market was -7.22 % for the 2022 full year ) has continued through August 2023 . The most recent available data from the IVM ( the motorcycle trade association in Germany ) show June up by + 31.34 % ( 14,708 units ), July by + 17.31 % ( 12,193 ) and August by + 13.55 % at 11,147 new motorcycles registered . For the year to August , registrations were + 16.36 % at 103,077 units - the best January to August motorcycle market performance in Germany since before 2008 . In total PTW terms , the German market was + 9.51 % to August ( 174,945 units ), which is also the best since before IDN started keeping comparable records in 2008 . Reflecting continued benefit from licencing changes , the Scooter and Moped markets in Germany continue to recover from poor sales in 2021 and 2022 with total PTW ( Powered Two- Wheeler ) new unit registrations running at + 9.51 % ( 174,945 units ) through August 2023 - also the best in the German market since before IDN ' s comparable records began in 2008 . BMW has seen a decline in the number of models it has in the top 25 bestsellers - from seven to four - but retained its home market share with increased sales but reduced share in a faster growing market . For the period to August 2023 , BMW sold 20,030 units for a 19.43 % market share compared to 19,098 units for a
21.56 % share YTD in 2022 . Honda is second ( 17 , 843 units / 17.31 % share ), with Kawasaki third ( 10,538 units sold for a 10.22 % share ), followed by KTM , Yamaha , H-D , Ducati , Triumph , Suzuki and Husqvarna in 10th spot . The BMW R 1250 GS has continued into 2023 as the best-selling model so far this year ( 6,557 units sold YTD for a 6.36 % share ). Kawasaki ' s Z 900 is second , with its Z650 in fourth - showing Kawasaki ' s market resurgence of recent years as continuing with 3,152 units sold for a 3.06 % share and 3,087 units sold for a 2.02 % share , respectively . Honda ' s new-for-2023 CB 750 Hornet remains the third best-seller YTD in Germany ( 2,886 units sold for a 2.80 % share ), with the CB 650 R Neo Sports Café in sixth spot ( 1,666 units sold YTD for a 1.62 % share ). Other best-sellers YTD on the German market are the Yamaha MT-07 ( fifth ), Honda ' s CMX 500 Rebel , CBR 650 R and XL 750 Transalp in seventh , eighth and ninth places respectively - all showing that the rise of the middleweights continues ; followed by the BMW F 900 R in 10th , the Yamaha Ténéré 700 11th and MT-09 in 12th , followed by the KTM 690 SMC and 390 Duke , with the Husqvarna 701 Supermoto in 15th . In electric ( light ) motorcycle terms , Zero Motorcycles was the top-selling brand YTD , but on low volumes still with 257 units sold for a 19.97 % share of the German electric ( light ) motorcycles market . Vmoto was the second placed manufacturer ( 162
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units / 12.59 % share ), third was Tinbot ( 46 units , 3.57 % share ), followed by KTM fourth ( 45 units sold , 3.50 % share ) and Horwin fifth ( 34 units sold for a 2.64 % share ). Overall , 1,287 electric models were sold in Germany in the first eight months of 2023 . Though road-going electric motorcycles are only part of the full EPTW story , they are a bellwether , and with the top-five brands only recording 544 units registered between them so far this year , out of that 1,287 total in Germany ( of all markets !), there is clearly still a long way to go if the tsunami of capital being invested in electric PTW brands is ever to show a return . In that context , the EU ' s compromise of its 2035 new ICE vehicle bans in the
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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 used for stock market flotations into an even more ambitious context ( especially ' looking at you ' Harley- Davidson / LiveWire .) Vehicles with internal combustion engines can now still be newly registered throughout the EU after 2035 , if they exclusively use zero emissions fuels of any kind . 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 in 2022 at + 0.69 % ( 201,433 units ).
Spain - September new motorcycle registrations + 13.06 %
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The latest available data from ANESDOR - the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain - show that having been variable earlier this year , a strong Q3 has meant that the rate of growth in new motorcycle registrations in Spain in the first nine months of 2023 suggests a strong end-of-year result . New motorcycle registrations were + 13.06 % in the nine months to September ( 152,640 units YTD ), having been + 20.53 % in July ( 19,496 units ), + 28.01 % in August ( 14,646 ) and + 7.36 % in September ( 17,072 ). This is by far the strongest first nine months for the Spanish market since we started keeping records before the 2009 market crash . Moped registrations improved in Q3 but remain soft in Spain , at -3.30 % YTD ( 11,487 units ). Total new PTW registrations in Spain were + 11.74 % YTD at 164,127 units compared to 146,884 in the same period last year .
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The top-selling motorcycle and scooter brand in Spain YTD was Honda ( 36,436 units for a 23.9 % market share ), followed by Yamaha ( 18,552 units , 12.2 % share ) and KYMCO third ( 11,615 units , 7.6 % share ), with BMW back to fourth ( 9,453 units , 6.2 % share ) and Sym down to fifth ( 9,368 units , 6.1 % share ). They are followed by Piaggio , Zontes and KTM , Kawasaki and Voge . Electric unit registrations ( of all kinds ) were down -22.6 % YTD in Spain at 6,139 units for a 4.0 % share of the total PTW market . 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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