International Dealer News IDN 119 June/July 2014 | Page 10
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German motorcycle registrations up
over 13% for first four months of 2014
FOR the first time since September
last year, and only the eighth time
since January 2012, motorcycle
registrations in Germany were
down in April.
At -3.76 percent (15,412 units) the
variance over April 2013 (which
was itself over 26 percent up on
April 2012) industry analysts are
saying that this is likely to be as a
result of Easter timing, and that the
March market in Germany included
some boost as a result of changed
Easter timing.
For the year to date, German
motorcycle registrations are
running at 13.07 percent up, on
volume of 44,029 units (compared
to 38,940 units for the first four
GERMANY, YEAR TO DATE
60,000
+13.22%
+13
2014
2013
50,000
+13.07%
44,029
38,940
20,000
52,597
UNITS
30,000
59,550
40,000
10,000
PTW
PTW
months of
2013).
The picture in
Germany is broadly similar for lower cc
models, with total PTW registrations
falling by -3.72 percent (21,175 units), but
the total for the first four months of the
year (59.550 units) shows the total PTW
market in Germany running at 13.22
percent up.
As previously report in MotoWEEK and
International Dealer News, most of
Europe’s major markets have now
returned to growth in both motorcycle
and total PTW terms, but while growth
remains low and inflation higher than ECB
targets in the Euro zone, it will still take
some time for the macro economic
recovery to translate into stability.
MOTORC
MOTORCYCLE
R
RCYCLE
Growth continues in the UK
UK: MARCH, APRIL 2014
20,000
2014
MOTORC
MOTORCYCLES
CYCLE
ES
TOTAL PTWs
LP
9,864
8,497
9,024
MOTORCYCL
MOTORCYCLES
CYCL
LES
MARCH
years following the 95,000 units sold in
2009.
The small cc market in the UK remains low
in terms of volume (approximately 3,000 units for
+16.09
+18.04
7,645
14,563
12,319
13,567
11,282
10,000
5,000
2013
+18.22
+20.25
15,000
UNITS
MOTORCYCLE registrations have
continued their upward trend in the UK in
April with 18.04 percent growth (9,024
units) compared to April 2013 (7,645
units).
April was the tenth month of
motorcycle registration growth seen in the
last 12 months (July 2013 was only off by
-0.51 percent, with February this year
down by -11.04 percent due to poor
weather). For the year-to-date, the UK is
up by 15.97 percent at 29,445 units
compared to 25,390 for the first four
months of 2013.
At the present rate of growth, the UK
could see new motorcycle sales edging
towards the 100,000 unit mark by the
end of this year, if the current trend
continues. Last year, the UK
motorcycle market grew by
1.16 percent compared to
2012 (81,180 units), having
grown by 1.07 percent to
80,251 units in 2012 – which
means that the UK motorcycle
market had been stable for four
TOTAL P
PTWs
APRIL
the year-to-date). In total PTW terms, the UK was up
by 16.09 percent in April (up by 18.22 percent in
March) and is up by 13.66 percent for the year-todate at 32,470 units in total.
Japanese export growth slows in April
JAPANESE motorcycle manufacturer
exports to Europe slowed down in April,
with exports of 250cc+ machines up by 1.5
percent (13,847 units) after being up by
19.5 percent (19,179 units) in March.
This means that motorcycle exports to
Europe by the Big Four Japanese
manufacturers have shown growth for
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seven straight months. In 2013 annual
250cc+ exports of 130,455 were down
from the 147,377 seen in 2012, but the
final three months of last year and the
first three months of 2014 have seen
strong monthly growth percentages.
In total PTW terms, exports to Europe
were actually down a little in April, at -1.9
percent (14,292 units), also following six
months of strong growth.
Total PTW Japanese manufacturer exports
to Europe were 147,965 in 2013, and
163,533 in 2012; a long way down from
the peak of 663,662 total PTW imports
from Japan in 199 䀡