International Dealer News IDN 144 August/September 2018 | Page 6

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Italian motorcycle registrations +9.76 percent
for half year to June 2018 160,000 Italian registrations - January-June 2018
2017
2018
+4.30%
40,000
+9.76%
80,000
120,000
the strongest first six months for total
PTWs in Italy since 2011.
Scooter sales in Italy were essentially
flat for the first six months at +0.28
percent, 72,039 units. The top sellers
remain Honda’s Italian produced SH
150/300/125 series, followed by the
Piaggio Beverly 300 ABS and Yamaha
X-Max.
The top selling larger displacement
machines have been the BMW R 1200
GS (2,588), Honda X-ADV 750
(2,494), Honda Africa Twin (2,295),
Yamaha T-Max 500 (2,194), BMW R
12 GS Adventure (1,654), Yamaha
Tracer 900 (1,636) and the Honda NC
750 X (1,357).
According to the latest data available
from the motorcycle industry trade
association in Italy (ANCMA) the
Italian market continues to be among
the strongest of Europe’s major
markets.
New motorcycle registrations were
down fractionally in June (-0.70
percent at 10,752 units), having been
+18.48 percent in May (13,271 units)
and are running at +9.76 percent for
the first six months of 2018 (58,258
units).
In total PTW terms, the Italian market
is +4.30 percent at 130,297 units YTD,
having been worth a total of 204,406
PTWs in 2017 (+5.41 percent). This is
TOTAL
L PTW
PT
MOTORCYCLE
Swiss motorcycle registrations -9.40 percent
for first half of 2018
Swiss motorcycle registrations - January-June 2018
2017
Spanish registrations - January-June 2018
2017
2018
100,000
+12.24%
+17.14%
Total PTW
6
25,000
50,000
75,000
MOTORCYCLE
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PTW
throughout June, followed by
the BMW R 1200 GS, Kawasaki’s
18,519
10,000
+9.40%
20,000
motorcycle registrations were
up by +2.08 percent at 26,942
units (-3.4 percent/26,391 units
in 2016 after being +17 percent
in 2015), with total PTW
registrations broadly flat (-0.89
percent) at 45,487 units in total
(-6.21 percent/45,896 units in
2016).
In motorcycle market share
terms, Yamaha continues as
market leader for the first six
months of 2018, selling 3,119
motorcycles (3,415 in 2017),
ahead of Honda (2,078 units),
BMW (2,069 units), Kawasaki
(1,899 units), and Harley-
Davidson fifth (1,818 units).
Yamaha’s MT-07 was top seller
The latest new registrations
data released by Swiss industry
association MotoSuisse shows
total new motorcycle
registrations down by -11.10
percent in June (3,371 units),
having been +9.58 percent in
May (4,222 units) and running
at -9.40 percent (16,778 units)
for the first six months of
the year.
In total PTW terms,
registrations were -13.21
percent in June (5,505 units)
after being +4.77 percent in
May (6,409 units) and are
tracking at -8.42 percent
(26,562 percent) for the YTD.
For the full year 2017,
2018
+8.42%
30,000
MOTORCYCLE
Z900 and Z650, with Honda’s
CRF 1000 L Africa Twin fifth.
Spain motorcycle
registrations +17.14 percent
for first six months of 2018
The latest data released by the
motorcycle industry trade association
in Spain (ANESDOR) shows
motorcycle registrations up by +4.62
percent in June (17,557 units),
+18.28 percent in May (17,070
units), and running at +17.14 percent
for the first six months of 2018
(79,217 units) - the best first half year
market performance in Spain since
before 2009.
Moped registrations remain down
though at -32.44 percent for June, -
29.78 percent for May, and are
running at -24.90 percent (6,697
units) for the first six months of the
year. This puts total PTW registrations
at +12.24 percent YTD (85,914
units sold).
The top-selling larger displacement
machines so far this year were the
Yamaha MT 07 (1,267 units),
Kawasaki Z900 (1,529 units), Yamaha
T-Max 500 (1,145 units), Honda X-
ADV (886) and BMW R 1200 GS (857).
Market share leader is Honda,
followed by Yamaha, Kymco, Piaggio
and BMW.