International Dealer News IDN 149 June/July 2019 | Page 6

STAT ZONE
TOTAL
245,970
52,715
40,522
80,000
120,000
200,000
160,000
40,000
Q1 2018
6
20,000
40,000
Q1 2019
TOTAL PTW
The latest data available from
the MCIA, the motorcycle
industry association in the UK,
shows new motorcycle
registrations building on the
good start to 2019.
In May the UK market was
broadly flat at -0.80% (10,313
units), having been +4.65%
(9,130 units) for April and
+8.88% (16,045 units) for
March. This puts the UK
motorcycle market at +6.37%
(45,180 units) for the first five
months of the year - one of the
two best such market
performances in the UK since
before 2010.
Moped market volumes remain
low in the UK, but there is
growth of +21.64% (at 2,344
units), putting total new PTW
registrations up +7.03% at
47,524 units for the year
Spain: motorcycles
+11.93% YTD
The latest data from ANESDOR,
the motorcycle industry trade
association in Spain, shows
motorcycle registrations up
+3.17 percent for May at 17,620
units (up from 17,078 in May
2018) - the strongest May
market performance in Spain
since before 2009 - having been
+32.91% in March (14,986 units)
and +8.67% in April (14,597
units).
For the first five months of 2019
Spanish new motorcycle
registrations were +11.93% at
69,006 units - also the best since
before 2009.
+6.37%
The moped market in Spain
appears to be recovering
(+27.26%, 6,792 units YTD),
though comparisons with the
75,000
year-ago period are difficult
because of the moped sector's
2017/2018 Euro 4 transition.
In total PTW terms the YTD in
50,000
Spain was +13.15 percent
(75,798 units registered in total).
Honda remains market share
leader in Spain so far this year,
selling 14,879 units YTD for a
25,000
21.6% share. Yamaha was
second (10,018 units/14.5
percent), Kymco third, followed
by BMW and Piaggio fifth.
INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - JUNE/JULY 2019
MOTORCYCLE
to May.
May saw Honda continue as
market leader (2,102 units) with
the 'Africa Twin' as the top
selling motorcycle (178 units).
Yamaha was second (1,201
units), followed by Triumph,
Kawasaki, BMW and KTM.
The BMW R 1250 RT was the top
selling Touring model, the
Honda CBR 650 R the top selling
Supersport, and the Kawasaki
Z1000 SX the leading
Sport/Touring model.
At 144 units sold, the new Royal
Enfield Interceptor INT 650 was
the top selling model in the all-
important 'Naked' segment in
the UK in May - this is the
largest single segment in the UK
market and was up by +10.4%
YTD (14,861 units), accounting
for nearly 33% of all motorcycle
sales for the year so far.
Spanish registrations
Jan - May 2019
2018
2019
+13.15%
+11.93%
TOTAL PTW
240,000
+7.03%
280,000
2019
2018
60,000
MOTORCYCLES
TOTAL
297,706
320,000
UK registrations
Jan - May 2019
MOPEDS
Royal Enfield Interceptor
arrives in UK with a bang
ten EU citizens of riding age. The four
countries that comprise the EFTA area
outside the EU (Norway, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein and Iceland) add around
an additional 1.3m units (2018) to the
European PTWs in use in total.
Commenting on the latest figures,
Antonio Perlot, Secretary General of
ACEM, said: "The increase in vehicle
registrations reflects the overall
improving economic conditions across
Europe, particularly in the largest EU
markets, as well as European citizens’
preference for an enjoyable and
convenient means of transport.
"At the same time, given the seasonal
nature of motorcycle and moped
markets, we will need to wait for the
registration figures of late July to assess
whether 2019 has been a very good
year for our industry."
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2,357,271 units (2016), the
Netherlands, 1,705,521 units (2019),
Greece, 1,583,491 (2018) and the UK,
1,265,142 units (2018).
With the totals not yet calibrated for all
markets for 2017 and 2018, the most
recent full year that total Vehicle Park
numbers are available for in all EU
markets is 2016, with the number at
36,242,922 in total - the highest
number on record and up from
36,136,527 in 2015 and 34,406,745 in
2014.
Within a few tens of thousands either
way, the Vehicle Fleet figure for EU
markets has grown annually ever since
1994 (23,776,115 units). At
approximately 36m units, that is
thought to represent PTW use, or at
least access by, of close to one in every
MOTORCYCLE