STAT ZONE
UK motorcycle registrations-13.46 percent January to May
The latest data released by the MCIA( Motorcycle Industry Association) in the UK still makes for disappointing reading, even allowing for the Euro 3 inventory preregistration cross-over. Motorcycle registrations in March were- 11.29 percent( 13,818 units),-15.28 percent in April( 9,743 units) and are-9.64 percent for May( 10,264 units) – which is also behind the 2015 market performance. For the year to date the UK market is-13.46 percent with 41,689 units sold. Moped sales were-24.25 percent in April(- 29.27 percent in March,-25.82 percent in April) and are running at-24.11 percent yearto-date( 2,502 units). In total PTW terms the UK was down-10.48 percent in May at 10,792 units(-15.91 percent in April / 10,283 units) and the market is running at-14.14 percent year-to-date( 44,191 units).‘ Naked’ style bikes remain the most popular in the UK( 13,095 units YTD), followed by Adventure Sport models( 7,970 units YTD);
the scooter market has seen sales drop by 25.2 percent YTD( 7,542 units) and the historically dominant Supersport market is down-24.6 percent( 4,333 units), with Touring and Sport Touring models off-13.9 percent and-11.8 percent respectively. In power band terms the only growth seen is in the 651-1000cc market(+ 0.3 percent YTD, 12,780 units) and above 1000cc with sales of the largest machines + 1.3 percent YTD( 9,780 units); the combined 651 + cc market was worth 22,560 so far this year, which is around 50 percent of the total. The best-selling‘ Naked’ style motorcycle model in the UK in May was Triumph’ s Street Triple RS; their Bonneville Bobber was the best-selling Custom style bike, with BMW’ s R
1200 GS topping the Adventure Sport sector; Kawasaki’ s Z1000 SX was the best-selling Sport Tourer. Honda is overall market share leader( motorcycles and scooters), having sold 2,075 units in the UK in May; followed by Yamaha( 1,534), Triumph( 1,149), BMW( 907) and Kawasaki( 688).
Motorcycle registrations + 3.43 percent in Spain in May
According to the latest data available from ANESDOR, the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain, new motorcycle registrations in May were + 3.43 percent( up from the-14.71 percent seen in April) at 14,424 units. For the first five months of 2017 the market is-5.8 percent( 60,061 units). In moped terms May was + 6.87 percent(+ 15.67 percent in April) at 1,618 units; for the year-to-date moped sales in Spain are + 19.0 percent( 7,138 units). General Secretary of ANESDOR Jose Maria Riano has welcomed the growth saying that“ after a slow start to the year, one influenced by the same Euro 3 effect seen elsewhere in Europe, the motorcycle and wider powered two-wheeler and light vehicles markets in Spain are showing healthy growth again.”
UNITS
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
Spanish registrations- May 2017
15,460
+ 3.76 %
16,042
Total PTW
13,946
2016 2017
+ 3.43 %
14,424
MOTORCYCLE
ANESDOR say that sales of mid-displacement motorcycles by + 14 percent in May with 5,500 units registered, representing 38 percent of total PTW sales. Scooters were down a little in May(-0.7 percent) compared to May 2016 with 8,619 units sold – some 60 percent of the total PTW market in Spain. Riano has again pointed to the age of the motorcycle fleet(“ park”) in Spain( at an average of 14.7 years old) and called on the government to start incentivising replacement of older machines with new models through fiscal reform initiatives. To mark World Environment Day( June 5, 2017) ANESDOR released data concerning e-bikes in Spain, saying that so far this year( to May 31st) 1,099 twowheel electric vehicles( motorcycles and mopeds) had been registered, which is up by + 66 percent on the first five months of 2016.
UNITS
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
Swedish motorcycle sales + 38.32 in May
Swedish motorcycle registrations- May 2017
+ 40.00 %
2,835
3,969
Total PTW
1,378
2016 2017
+ 38.32 %
1,906
MOTORCYCLE
The latest data from McRF, the Swedish motorcycle industry trade association, shows new motorcycle registrations at + 38.3 percent in May at 1,906 units( having been down-24.35 percent in April) and are running at-1.82 percent for the year to date( January to May 2017). Per Johansson, the CEO of McRF, explains that“ as soon as warmer days encouraged riders to visit dealerships, sales of motorcycles increased.” He goes on to say that“ now the registrations of motorcycles are much the same as 2016, but if good weather persists into June, we will increase sales compared to last year, which is positive for the industry.” In total PTW terms, May saw 3,969 new
machines registered( 2,063 mopeds, + 41.59 percent, 5,274 YTD) to leave the market up by + 12.50 percent at 10,956 total units YTD( 9,739 in the first four months of 2016); April had been broadly level with 3,255 new PTWs of all kinds registered. In 2016 Sweden recorded + 8.00 percent growth in new motorcycle registrations for the full year at 10,178 units; total PTW registrations were + 10.18 percent at 21,347 units in total. This year’ s MC Massan Swedish motorcycle show at Stockholm at the end of January saw strong attendance- in the region of 53,000 visitors. In 2018 the show will return to Gothenburg from January 25 to 28.
8 INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS- JUNE / JULY 2017