International Dealer News IDN 143 June/July 2018 | Page 8

STAT ZONE
UK motorcycle registrations +2.09
percent January - April 2018
year to date; Adventure Sports models
are the second most popular with 6,039
units sold YTD; 5,971 Scooters have
been sold far in 2018; 2,847 custom
style machines and 2,790 Supersports
models.
Honda was the top selling brand in the
UK in April (1,562 units sold), followed
by Yamaha, Triumph, BMW, Kawasaki,
KTM, H-D, Suzuki and Ducati.
The top-selling Adventure Sport model
in April was the BMW R 1200 GS
Adventure; leading Sport/Tourer was
the Kawasaki Z1000 SX, and the top
selling Tourer was the BMW R 1200 RT.
The MCIA reports that the total number
of road registered motorcycles in use
has continued to grow, with the latest
available figures (2016) putting the
market at 1.27m units with 4.6 billion
km/2.8 billion miles estimated to have
been ridden in the UK in 2016. The
number of motorcycle tests being
passed has continued to grow with
2016/17 put at 40,600, up from 37,500
in 2014/16, 34,5000 in 2014/15 and
just 30,500 in 2013/14.
UK registrations - January-April 2018
2018
2017
40,000
+0.46%
+2.09%
20,000
33,399
30,000
The latest data released by the MCIA in
the UK (Motorcycle Industry
Association) shows new motorcycle
registrations in March down by -10.45
percent (8,724 units) despite having
been up by +6.67 percent in March at
14,737 units; they are tracking at +2.09
percent for the YTD at 32,079 units.
The UK market was reported at -18.52
percent at 96,943 units for 2017.
However, because of the Euro 3/Euro 4
carry-over effects, the UK trade
association is on record as thinking that,
in reality, the market was essentially flat
in 2017 at between -2.5 and + 2.5
percent.
Total PTW registrations were -11.55
percent in April (9,095 units) and are
+0.46 percent for the YTD (33,551
units). Moped registrations are -25.5
percent YTD (1,472 units).
‘Naked’ style bikes remain the most
popular in the UK at 9,851 units for the
10,000
TOTAL PTW
MOTORCYCLE
Sweden: Q1 motorcycle registrations -32.83 percent
The latest data available from
the motorcycle industry trade
association in Sweden (McRF)
shows new motorcycle
registrations being -46.16
percent in March and -32.83
percent (1,420 units) for the first
three months of the year.
With moped registrations down
by -16.44 percent for Q1, total
new PTW registrations were
down by -36.75 percent in
March (1,616 units) and were
tracking at -25.72 percent for Q1
(2,772 units).
For the McRF, Niklas
Kristoffersson said that the
extensive winter (and probably
Easter timing too) was to blame,
with March usually the month
that sees sales start in Sweden
properly for the season ahead.
On the upside, the volume of
snow has seen the snowmobile
market receive a boost, growing
by +17 percent to 10,614 units
for the first quarter of 2018.
Japanese Q1 +250 cc exports to Europe -5.71 percent
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and -4.60 percent for Q1 (70,174
units); +0.48 percent YTD for USA
(28,647 units) and were -0.27 percent
worldwide (135,410 units).
For the full year 2017, Japanese
motorcycle exports to Europe were
+15.83 percent at 208,823 units - the
strongest since 2008; worldwide they
were +12.39 percent at 362,558 units
2017
Japanese Exports to America - January-March 2018
2018
2017
-4.60%
60,000
-4.84%
TOTAL
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