International Dealer News IDN 145 October/November 2018 | Page 8

STAT ZONE
Italy +4.4 130,545
France +7.8 98,664
+10.5 97,626
Spain +8.2 72,904
UK +3.4 55,351
Austria +6.4 17,066
Greece +25.7 16,936
Belgium +8.6 14,847
Portugal +11.2 12,761
+1.7 8,678
-6.9 8,337
Czech Republic +4.4 7,990
Sweden +6.6 6,907
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Slovakia +4.7 3,181
Denmark +18.6 2,289
Finland +4.0 2,091
Hungary +31.6 1,779
Croatia +23.6 1,655
-6.8 1,468
+1.5 1,187
-3.3 744
Romania +21.2 647
Latvia +21.8 514
Estonia +10.2 400
+2.9 284
Slovenia
Luxembourg
Ireland
Lithuania
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Polish motorcycle registrations -
January-August 2018
2017
2018
-20.00%
30,543
24,433
NEW PTW
Italy: Motorcycle registrations
+9.83% January - August
The latest data released by ANCMA,
the motorcycle industry trade
association in Italy, shows the Italian
market continuing to grow. Having
been broadly ‘flat’ in June (-0.70
percent, 10,752 units), then up by
+12.45 percent in July (10,196
units), August saw growth of +5.15
percent at 4,510 units (compared to
4,289 in August 2017). Registrations
are up +9.83 percent for the year-to-
date at 72,964 units.
In total PTW terms, the Italian market
was +2.10 percent in August with
11,976 units registered (having been
+8.87 percent/26,382 units in July
and -5.89 percent/27,496 units in
June), which was the best August
since 2011. The total for the YTD is
running at +4.88 percent (168.736
units in total, compared to 160,884
last year).
Scooter registrations were 95,772
units for the period (+1.40 percent,
compared to 94,448 last year). The
top selling scooters are Honda’s SH
150/300/125, selling 22,063 units
between then.
The top selling motorcycle YTD in
INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018
Italian registrations - Jan-Aug 2018
200,000
2017
2018
+4.88%
150,000
100,000
50,000
TOTAL
L PTW
PT
Italy was the BMW R 1200 GS (3,180
units sold), followed by Honda’s
‘Africa Twin’ (2,859 units), the
Yamaha ‘Tracer’ 900 (2,180 units),
the R 1200 GS Adventure (1,941
units) and the Benelli TRK502 / 502X
(1,671).
The 251-500 cc market remains the
strongest overall with 45,568 units
+9.83%
UNITS
% CHANGE
+6.53 percent (56,760 units) for
the YTD.
The total of new and used
motorcycles combined was
+5.33 percent for the first eight
months of 2018 (61,085 units),
with total new and used PTW
registrations recovering after a
soft spring at -3.14 percent
(81,193 units) YTD.
COUNTRY
MOTORCYCLES
JAN-JUNE 2018
and the vendors they buy from.
The latest data from the
Used motorcycles receiving their
motorcycle industry trade
first registration in Poland were
association in Poland (PZPM)
+7.00 percent in August (7,617
shows sales of new motorcycles
units), having been +6.25
recovering through the second
percent in July (8,363 units) and
quarter and the summer, with
were running at +5.33 percent
sales +7.80 percent for August
YTD (61,085 units). Used mopeds
(1,452 units) after being +1.69
were -1.49 percent YTD (7,088
percent for July (1,629 units);
they had therefore ‘recovered’ to units), with total used PTWs
-4.17 percent (11,413 units) for
the YTD.
New mopeds are -30.12 percent
YTD (13,020 units), with total
new PTW registrations for the
eight months to August 2018 -20
percent (24,433 units).
However, new model
-3.14%
registrations are only ever part 80,000
of the story where the Polish
market is concerned. Poland is
an important market for pre-
owned vehicles (from elsewhere
in Europe) that are receiving
40,000
their first domestic Polish
registration; these machines
provide valuable service,
maintenance and PG&A income
for Poland’s franchised and
NEW & USED PTW
independent motorcycle shops
83,824
FACTS
Poland: motorcycles -4.17 percent
for first eight months
STAT
MOTORCYCLE
sold (representing +12.70 percent
growth). The biggest motorcycle
growth sector by volume in Italy
changed from 251-500 cc to the
under 125 cc market for the year to
date; sales increased by +13.82
percent to 42,901 units. Sales of
motorcycles over 1000 cc are also up
by +5.80 percent (19,277 units YTD).