International Dealer News IDN 150 August/September 2019 | Page 6

STAT ZONE Spain: motorcycle registrations +12.26% Jan-July Spanish registrations Jan - July 2019 2018 +13.82% 2019 +12.26% registered in total - also the best first seven months in Spain since before 2009). Honda remains market share leader in Spain so far this year selling 22,778 total units YTD for a 21.0 percent market 150,000 share. Yamaha was second (15,651 units/14.4%); Kymco third, followed by Piaggio fourth and BMW fifth. 100,000 The electric bike sector grew by +242 percent in July, taking 7.8 percent of registrations in July, with the 50,000 Silence S02 selling 885 units in July and 2,494 units YTD 2019. Some 5.4 percent of motorcycle sales in the first seven months of the year have been electric motorcycles. The latest data from ANESDOR, the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain, shows motorcycle registrations +17.28 percent for July (20,431). This is the strongest July market performance in Spain since before 2009, having been +6.07 percent in June (18,627 units) and +3.17 percent in May (17,620 units). For the first seven months of 2019, Spanish new motorcycle registrations were +12.26 percent at 108,472 units - also the best since before 2009. The moped market in Spain appears to be recovering (+31.76 percent, 11,061 units YTD), and in total PTW terms the YTD in Spain was +13.82 percent (119,533 units MOTORCYCLE TOTAL PTW UK: motorcycle registrations +2.33% Jan-July TOTAL PTW 30,000 MOTORCYCLE Switzerland: motorcycle registrations -3.22% Jan-June The latest new registrations data released by Swiss industry association MotoSuisse shows total new motorcycle registrations down for the six months to June 2019 at -3.22% (16,270 units), having been down by -19.46 percent in June (2,744 units). In total PTW terms, the Swiss 6 market was running at -4.94 percent YTD at 25,923 units. In total PTW market share terms (motorcycles, scooters and mopeds), Yamaha continues as market leader so far this year, with 4,608 units sold, followed by Honda (3,918), BMW (2,697), Vespa (2,025) and Kawasaki (1,768). INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 Swiss registrations Jan - June 2019 30,000 -4.94% 20,000 10,000 TOTAL PTW 2018 2019 -3.22% +2.33% 60,000 accounted for 22,742 units for a growth rate of +5.6 percent. The Adventure Sport sector is the second largest, growing at +9.5 percent YTD (12,820 units). In percentage terms, the biggest losers were the relatively small Sport/Tour (-23.6%) and Touring (-16.2%) sectors; Trail/Enduro bikes are +5.2 percent YTD in the UK. Scooters were +7.2 percent YTD at 15,198 units. Honda was market share leader in July (1,903 units), followed by Yamaha, Kawasaki, Triumph and BMW - the R 1250 GS Adventure was the top selling Adventure Sport model in the UK in July (116 units), with the R 1250 RT leading the Touring sector and the Kawasaki Z1000 SX the best selling Sport/Tour model. +3.08% 2019 2018 90,000 The latest data available from the MCIA, the motorcycle industry association in the UK, shows new motorcycle registration growth slowing during the summer months from the good start to 2019. In July the UK market was +2.85 percent (9,223 units), having been -11.76 percent (11,038 units) in June. For the first seven months of 2019 new motorcycle registrations in the UK were +2.33 percent at 65,442 units YTD - still the best seen in the UK since 2016. Moped market volumes remain low in the UK, but there is growth of +19.38 percent YTD (3,486 units) to put total new PTW registrations at +3.08 percent YTD (68,928 units). The largest single market sector in the UK remains 'Naked' style bikes, which UK registrations Jan - July 2019 MOTORCYCLE