International Dealer News IDN 138 August/September 2017 | Page 6

STAT ZONE
German new motorcycle registrations -8.40
percent for the first six months of 2017
sixth (6.80 percent share/5,975
units).
Though distorted by the rush to pre-
register Euro 3 inventory towards the
end of the year, 2016 saw new
motorcycle registrations in Germany
up by +15.01 percent at 117,587
units – the best annual market
performance in Germany since before
2008. In total Powered Two-Wheeler
terms (PTW), the German market was
+14.81 percent for 2016 at 172,846
units – also the best German market
performance since before 2008.
German registrations - June 2017
20,000
2016
-12.01%
2017
15,000
5,000
TOTAL PTW
10,000
-9.26%
percent (87,888 units so far in 2017
compared to 100,047 for the first six
months of 2016).
As usual these days, BMW’s R 1200
GS is the top-seller in Germany so far
in 2017 (5,799 units sold), with
Yamaha’s MT-07 second (2,021 units
YTD), the Kawasaki Z 650 third (1,872
units), Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’
fourth (1,706 units) and BMW’s R
nineT variants fifth (1,615 units).
With 10 models in the top 20 selling
list, it is again no surprise that BMW
is market share leader so far this year
in Germany, with 17,737 units sold so
far in total for a 20.18 percent market
share and 5.23 percent unit gain over
the 16,856 units they sold in the first
six months of 2016.
Honda is second with 11,455 units
sold so far, 13.03 percent market
share; Yamaha is third (9,234 units
sold for a 10.51 percent share);
Kawasaki is fourth (8.78 percent
share, 7,716 units sold); KTM is up to
fifth with 7,325 units sold (8.33
percent share) and Harley-Davidson is
UNITS
The latest statistics released by the
German motorcycle industry trade
association (IVM) for the period to the
end of June 2017 may still be showing
some evidence of the effects of the
rush to pre-register Euro 3 inventory
before the December 31st 2016
deadline, but the degree of statistical
lag is levelling out.
In motorcycle registration terms, the
market was said to have been down
by -9.26 percent compared to June
2016 (12,135 units from 13,373);
that said, May saw registrations up by
+1.56 percent at 12,847 units
(compared to 12,650 in May 2016).
For the year to date, German market
motorcycle registrations are put at -
8.40 percent (66,939 units for the first
six months of 2017; 73,078 in 2016),
representing recovery in percentage
terms at least from the alarming drop-
off reported in the industry numbers
at the start of the year.
In total PTW registration terms, June
was down by -12.01 percent (17,078
units), with YTD figures at -12.15
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORC
RC
CYCLE
Polish new motorcycle registrations
reported as -21.30 percent for Q1 2017
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a June was in 2011 when some
21,650 new registrations were
recorded; 2011 was also the
best seen for the first six
months of the year (86,561
units).
The full year 2016 saw 25,844
new motorcycles registered in
Poland, with estimates of the
net of Euro 3 pre-registrations
suggesting that the market was
down by some 6 percent/2,500
units over 2015. New and used
motorcycle registrations
combined were up by +1.43
percent for 2016 at 83,298
units. The total number of new
and used/first registered PTWs
of all kinds, including the pre-
registrations of carry-over Euro
3 inventory in Poland, was down
by -6.49 percent at 117,309
units for 2016. Poland is the
EU’s 9th largest market for new
motorcycle registrations and
the 7th largest total new PTW
market, according to ACEM
statistics.
Polish motorcycle registrations - June 2016
2016
15,000
NEW & USED PTW
-21.56%
5,000
10,000
2017
-11.78%
service, maintenance and PG&A
income for Poland’s franchised
and independent motorcycle
shops and the vendors they buy
from.
Used motorcycle sales were -
1.82 percent in June (7,223
units) and are -2.01 percent YTD
(34.045 units); used moped
sales were -17.33 percent in
June and are -12.34 percent YTD
(4,790 units); total used PTW
sales were -4.38 percent in June
(8,425 units) but overall, they
are running at -3.42 percent
YTD (38,835 units).
In total, overall new and used
motorcycle registrations
combined were -12.04 percent
in June (9,178 units) and are -
10.37 percent YTD (43,006
units); new and pre-owned
mopeds combined in Poland
were -11.25 percent in June
(4,474 units) and are -3.26
percent YTD (17,380 units).
Total combined new and pre-
owned PTW registrations were
-11.78 percent in June (13,652
units) and were -8.43 percent
(20,493 units) in Poland for the
first three months of 2017. The
record of total new