International Dealer News IDN 136 April/May 2017 | Page 7

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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