International Dealer News IDN 141 February/March 2018 | Page 8

STAT ZONE
Germany: motorcycle registrations
German registrations - Year-to-date 2017
-14.21 percent for 2017
200,000
2016
TOTAL PTW
50,000
-14.21%
100,000
2017
-19.10%
150,000
units, the Euro 3 models that
were pre-registered in the final
quarter of 2016 will still have
ben “new” machines as far as
consumers are concerned and
will have been sold during the
first half of this year, artificially
reducing the apparent market
performance. The pre-
registrations pushed the
German 2016 statistics to show
an artificially high +15.01
percent for the year, German
new motorcycle registrations
have been +5.59 percent and
+10.75 percent for 2015 and
2014 respectively.
Total PTW registrations are said
to have been -19.10 percent for
2017 in Germany at 139,831
units (compared to 172,846 in
2016 and 150,550 in 2015). The
German market bottomed-out
at 122,519 total new PTW
registrations in 2010, and
notwithstanding the effects of
the recent statistical
anomalies, has grown steadily
ever since.
As is usual these days, BMW’s R
1200 GS continues its
inexorable march towards
The latest statistics released by
the German motorcycle
industry trade association
(IVM) for the period to the end
of December 2017 are affected
by the year-ago rush to pre-
register unsold 2016 Euro 3
inventory before the December
31st, 2016 deadline.
In motorcycle registration
terms, the market was said to
have been down by -79.09
percent in December on low
volumes (2,006 units), having
been (theoretically) down by -
22.46 percent in November,
-14.18 percent in October and -
22.46 percent in September.
For the full year new
registrations in Germany are
down by -14.21 percent at
100,877 units. However,
allowing for the Euro 3 pre-
registration effect and other
factors affecting dealer
inventory and unit sales for
2017, the market in Germany
was, in all probability, broadly
‘flat’ for 2017, in the region of
between -2.5 and +2.5 percent
in motorcycle sales terms.
Though heavily incentivised
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORC
RC
CYCLE
domination, with 8,333 units
reported as sold in Germany in
2017, leaving Yamaha’s MT-07
eating its dust in second with
3,493 units sold, followed by
the Kawasaki Z 650 (2,665
units), Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa
Twin’ (2,562 units) and
Kawasaki’s Z 900 (2,203 units);
next come the BMW R nineT,
Honda NC 750 X, KTM 690
Duke, BMW S 1000 R and KTM
1290 Superduke R.
With 7 models in the top 20
selling list, it is again no
surprise that BMW was
motorcycle (and total PTW)
market share leader for 2017 in
Germany, with 24,750
motorcycle units sold for a
24.53 percent increased market
share. Honda is second (12,653
units sold for a 12.54 percent
market share), with Yamaha
third (10,874 units sold for a
10.78 percent market share),
followed by Kawasaki, KTM,
Harley-Davidson, Ducati,
Triumph, Suzuki, with
Husqvarna tenth.
Italy – new motorcycle registrations
+8.53 percent for 2017
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Italian registrations - Year-to-date 2017
2016
+5.41%
2017
200,000
TOTAL
L PTW
PT
50,000
+8.53%
100,000
150,000
units), the Yamaha XMax 300 (5289
units) and the Kymco Agility 125 R16
(4,451 units).
The top-selling motorcycle was the
BMW R 1200 GS (3,755 units),
followed by Honda’s Africa Twin
(3,216 units) and their NC 750 X
(2,454 units). The Yamaha Tracer 900
sold 2,296 units; the Ducati Scrambler
800 sold 2,241 units.
June was the biggest month for sales
in Italy in 2017; followed by May, July,
March and April. Of the total of
204,406 motorcycles and scooters
sold, the biggest sector was the 251
to 500cc market (52,413 units);
followed by the sub 125cc market
(50,340 units), 126 to 200cc
(25,255), 751 to 1000cc (24,684),
over 1000cc (22,259) and 601 to
750cc (20,976 units).
In motorcycle terms the largest sector
in Italy is Naked style bikes (30,973
units in 2017), followed by Enduro
machines (26,402) and Touring bikes
(11,505 units).
According to the latest data released
by ANCMA (the Milan based
motorcycle industry trade association
for Italy), the Italian motorcycle
market is bucking the trend seen in
much of Europe, despite suffering the
same Euro 3 crossover inventory
effects as elsewhere, with new
motorcycle registrations up by +8.53
percent for 2017 at 82,475 units.
This is up from the 75,996 units cited
for 2016 despite the boost to final
quarter registrations by the rush to
pre-register Euro 3 inventory, and
substantially up from the 62,506
registrations recorded for 2015.
Allowing for mopeds and scooters