International Dealer News IDN 145 October/November 2018 | Page 7

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Japanese made motorcycle exports to Europe
-9.51 percent through July
Japanese Exports to Europe - January-July 2018
2017
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TOTAL
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PTW
For the full year 2017, Japanese
motorcycle exports to Europe
were +15.83 percent at
208,823 units - the strongest
50,000
100,000
2018
-9.51%
July and +29.52%/7,380 units
in June, and tracking at +2.10
percent (243,104 units) for the
first seven months, with
worldwide exports -5.34
percent (216,344 units).
Total Japanese manufactured
PTW exports to Europe
(motorcycles, scooters and
mopeds combined) were -5.92
percent for July (12,742 units)
and are -6.29 percent for the
first seven months of 2018
(137,329 units); they are +1.29
percent YTD for USA (63,786
units) and were -3.30 percent
worldwide (274,575 units).
-6.29%
The latest data released by
JAMA (the automotive trade
association in Japan, which
includes representation of
motorcycle manufacturers
among its membership) shows
exports of Japanese made
motorcycles to Europe down by
-14.97 percent in July (9,854
units), having been +17.47
percent (14,231 units) in June
and running at -9.51 percent
for the first seven months of
2018 (125,249 units).
Exports of Japanese made
motorcycles to USA were
+42.70 percent (5,675 units) in
150,000
MOTORCYCLE
MOTORC
CYCLE
C
since 2008; worldwide they
were +12.39 percent at
362,558 units - their strongest
since 2009.
Switzerland: motorcycles -8.66 percent to August
45,000
Swiss motorcycle registrations - January-August 2018
2017
2018
-7.70%
TOTAL PTW
-8.66%
15,000
30,000
MOTORCYCLE
The latest new registrations data
released by Swiss industry
association MotoSuisse shows total
new PTW registrations up by +2.07
percent in August (3,996 units),
having been -12.61 percent in July
(4,367 units) and running at -7.70
percent (34,995 units) so far in 2018.
In motorcycle terms, August was flat
at +0.83 percent (1,934 units),
having been -13.16 percent (2,434
units) in July and running at -8.66
percent for the YTD (21,198 units).
In total PTW terms, Yamaha
continues as market leader for the
first eight months of 2018, selling
7,245 units, ahead of Honda (5,097
units), Vespa (2,929 units), BMW
(2,979) and Kawasaki (2,378).
Yamaha’s MT-07 was top seller
through August, followed by the
BMW R1200 GS, the Kawasaki Z900
and then the Z650, with Honda’s CRF
1000 fifth, followed by the Yamaha
MT-09 Tracer.
For the full year 2017 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).
Germany: motorcycles +7.67% to August
German registrations - January-August 2018
2017
2018
+11.68 %
TOTAL PTW
market are up except for the
small Tourer and Luxury Tourer
market; sportsbikes are top
with 29.06% of the market
+7.67%
the Yamaha MT-07
(2,795), Kawasaki Z900
(2,785), Z 650 (2,467)
and Honda CRF 1000
150,000
(2056).
With five models in the
Top 20, BMW remains
motorcycle market
leader, though with a 100,000
reduced share (-8.04%)
of 21.19 percent/19,580
units. Kawasaki is
second with a +25.9
50,000
percent increase in
share to 12.38
percent/11,437 units
YTD; Honda third
(11.81%/10,917 units),
KTM fourth
(10.68%/9,868 units) and
Yamaha fifth (10.43%/9,636
units).
All sectors of the German
The latest data from the IVM,
the motorcycle trade
association in Germany, shows
motorcycle registrations in
August at +20.87 percent
(10,028 units), having been
+2.28 percent (10,835 units) in
July. Registrations for the year
to August were +7.67 percent
(92,402 percent).
In total PTW terms, August
was +24.61 percent (15,855
units), having been +8.03
percent (16,533 units) in July
and +11.68 percent (129,460
units) for the first eight
months, as the moped and
scooter/small displacement
markets continue to recover in
Germany.
The top selling model has
been the BMW R 1200 GS
(6,518 units YTD), followed by
MOTORCYCLE
RCYCLE
(26,852 units YTD), followed
by Naked style bikes with
28.12% of the market (25,986
units).
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