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UK registrations- Feb 2017

UK motorcycle registrations-18.48 percent for January / February

In common with the new model registration statistics for early 2017 from other European markets, the latest date released by the MCIA, the motorcycle trade association in the UK, show the same Euro 3 pre-registration impact as elsewhere, with sales for January and February put at 7,867 units, down by-18.48 percent! However, as with elsewhere, by the time the pre-registered bikes are taken into account, in all probability the UK market was at worst level with early 2016, and in all likelihood could have been at least marginally
up, given the heavy discounts and incentives now being offered by dealers to clear those Euro 3 bikes as zero mileage“ pre-owned” models. In the UK, for the full year 2016, new motorcycle registrations grew by + 13.52 percent at 118,990 units – a fifth straight year of growth for the UK market and the best annual market performance since before 2008; though some of the bikes registered in November and December are those now“ not showing” as sales from January and February. In total PTW terms the UK
UNITS
6,000
4,000
2,000
TOTAL PTW
market was + 11.86 percent for 2016 at 127,702 units – a third straight year of growth and also the highest annual market performance since before 2008. For the record, the MCIA
STAT ZONE
UK registrations- Feb 2017
4,972
-22.16 %
3,870
4,423
2016
-22.43 %
3,431
2017
MOTORCYCLE
reports new Moped registrations for the first two months of the year in the UK at-18.79 percent( 834 units only), and total PTW sales at-18.51 percent( 8,701 units).

Italian motorcycle registrations-11.43 percent January and February

UNITS
15,000
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
Italian registrations- Feb 2017
-8.41 %
13,814
12,652
6,682
2016 2017
-10.70 %
5,967
TOTAL PTW MOTORCYCLE
With the now customary reader health warning about the reliability of new motorcycle registration numbers for early 2017( see our Spain report with regard to the Euro 3 effect), the latest data released by ANCMA( the Milan based motorcycle industry trade association for Italy) put new motorcycle registrations for the first two months of the year down at – 11.43 percent( at 10,286 units), but with sales of the preregistered 2016s, the picture is likely to be one of a level market, year-on-year, or even one with some modest further growth. For the full year 2016 motorcycle
registrations in Italy were + 21.49 percent at 75,936 units, a third straight year of growth. In total PTW terms, January / February registrations were-10.02 percent at 22,389 units in total. For the full year 2016 they were + 13.26 percent at 193,814 units – also a third straight year of growth, the Italian market having fallen to a low of 153,933 total PTW registrations in 2013. The top-selling motorcycle in Italy in January and February 2017 was Honda’ s CRF 100 L Africa Twin( 511 units), followed closely by BMW’ s R 1200 Gs Adventure( 508 units); the positions
were reversed for the full year 2016 with BMW’ s R 1200 GS the top seller( 3,329 units), followed by Honda’ s Africa Twin( 2,840 units); Yamaha’ s MT-09 Tracer( 2,609 units – third so far this year also); Honda’ s NC 750 X( 2,355 units – also 4th so far in 2017) and Ducati’ s Scrambler 800( 2,264 units – also 5th so far this year). Scooter registrations were-11.96 percent for the first two months of 2017 at 5,402 units. Enduro style models are the strongest of the“ major” sectors in styling terms in Italy so far in 2017, closely followed by Naked /’ traditional’ style bikes.
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