International Dealer News IDN 144 August/September 2018 | Page 7

STAT ZONE
Polish new motorcycle registrations +1.59 percent
for first six months
Polish motorcycle registrations -
Swedish motorcycle registrations -
January - June 2018
2017
Total PTW
+4.31%
5,000
-0.59%
15,000
10,000
2018
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January-May 2018
2017
2018
-3.99%
60,000
40,000
owned vehicles (from
elsewhere in Europe) that are
receiving their first domestic
Polish registration; these
machines provide valuable
service, maintenance and PG&A
income for Poland’s franchised
and independent motorcycle
shops and the vendors they buy
from.
Used motorcycles receiving
their first registration in Poland
were +18.60 percent in May
and +2.82 percent in June and
are running at +8.01 percent
(36,773 units) for the first six
months. Used mopeds are -2.73
percent YTD (4,659 units), with
total used PTWs +2.07 percent
in June (8,599 units) and +6.69
percent for the YTD (41,432
units).
The total of new and used
motorcycles combined was
The latest data from the
motorcycle industry trade
association in Poland (PZPM)
shows sales of new
motorcycles recovering in the
second quarter, with sales
+1.59 percent (1,986 units) in
June (+9.44 percent in April
and -0.45 percent in May).
For the first six months of 2018
new motorcycle sales have
recovered from a poor start to
the year to be -7.02 percent
(8,332 units). New mopeds are
-33.19 perce nt YTD (8,412
units), with total new PTW
registrations for the six months
to June 2018 at -22.31 percent
(16,744 units).
However, new model
registrations are only ever part
of the story where the Polish
market is concerned. Poland is
an important market for pre-
20,000
NEW & USED PTW
-21.31%
16,744
NEW PTW
registrations recovering after a
soft spring at -3.66 percent
(58,176 units) YTD.
+4.88 percent for the first half
of 2018 (45,105 units), with
total new and used PTW
Sweden: motorcycles
+4.31 percent for first
six months
With moped registrations down by -
20.51 percent in June and running at
-4.70 percent YTD (7,479 units), the
overall PTW market in Sweden for the
first six months of 2018, the small cc
Euro 4 to Euro 4 transition that kicked
in with January 2018 continues to
keep the overall PTW market
suppressed, but a very good
snowmobile market (+15 percent at
10,878 units) has kept the
powersports industry in Sweden “in
shape”.
Having been +30.76 percent for May
(2,032 units), the latest data available
from the motorcycle industry trade
association in Sweden (McRF) shows
new motorcycle registrations at +5.81
percent for June (1,329 units) and
tracking at +4.31 percent (6,870 units)
for the first six months of the year.
Having been +18.66 percent (4,292
units) for May, new registrations of all
PTWs in Sweden were tracking at -0.59
(14,349 units) for the first six months
of the year.
Austria: Q2 motorcycles
+22.69 percent
Austrian motorcycle registrations -
January-June 2018
2017
2018
32,000
8,000
+10.59%
TOTAL PTW
16,000
-3.75%
24,000
BMW is second (1,219 units sold, 12.24
percent share), Honda third (1,095
units/11.00 percent share), followed by
Yamaha (1,051 units) and Harley-
Davidson (809 units). Kawasaki,
Husqvarna, Suzuki, Ducati and Triumph
complete the top ten.
In 2017, new motorcycle, scooter and
moped registrations totalled 40,744
units, which was -6.60 percent down on
2016 (43,621 units), which saw the
highest number of new registrations in
Austria since 2012 (46,047 units);
The latest data released by the
motorcycle trade association in Austria
(Arge2Rad) shows registrations of new
motorcycles up by +22.69 percent in the
second quarter at 7,342 units sold, with
the half year tracking at +10.59 percent
(9,959 units).
PTWs were up by +6.66 percent for Q2
(17,754 units) and are -3.75 percent for
the YTD (23,417 units).
In its home market, KTM is motorcycle
market share leader, having sold 2,305
units for a 23.14 percent market share.
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