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STAT ZONE
Italy: motorcycles +8.15%
January - October
STAT
ATTACK
85,610
216,625
Italian registrations Jan - Oct 2019
range selling 25,433 units
The latest data
between them YTD, with
released by ANCMA,
2019
2018
Piaggio's Beverly 300 ABS
the motorcycle
+6.79%
in fourth spot (7,669
industry trade
200,000
units) and its Liberty 125
association in Italy,
ABS fifth (5,544 units),
shows the Italian
ahead of Kymco's Agility
motorcycle market
125 R16 (4,892), Yamaha's
continuing to grow
150,000
XMAX 300 (4,383) and
with sales YTD +8.15%
the Honda X-ADV 750
at 92,585 units - the
+8.15%
(4,067 units registered so
strongest January to 100,000
far in 2019).
October market
The top selling
performance in Italy
motorcycle in Italy YTD
since before 2013.
50,000
was the BMW R 1250 GS
New motorcycle
(3,875 units), followed by
registrations were
Honda's 'Africa Twin'
reported as being
(3,527), the Benelli TRK
+2.41% in October
TOTAL
L PTW
PT
MOTORCYCLE
502/X (2,970 units sold)
(6,374 units) after
and the Yamaha 'Tracer' 900
for the YTD - still the strongest
being +8.75% in September
Italian market performance since (2,626 units).
(6,950 units).
For the full year of 2018, the
2011.
In total PTW terms, the Italian
Italian motorcycle market was
Scooter registrations were
market was +10.68% in October
reported at +12.73% (92,991
+5.80% YTD at 124,040 units for
(18,268 units) after being
the first ten months, with the top units) and +7.35% in total PTW
+3.61% in September (18,179
registration terms (219,465
three best sellers being Honda's
units). Total PTW registrations
units).
Italian-made SH 150/300/125
were +6.79% at 216,625 units
Germany: motorcycles
+4.51% January - October
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third with 12,467 units (11.50%
share); Kawasaki fourth with 12,387
(11.43% share); Yamaha fifth with
11,085 units sold (10.23% share) and
Harley-Davidson sixth with 9,826
units sold YTD (9.06% share). They are
followed by Suzuki (5,260), Ducati
(4,864), Triumph (4,745) and
Husqvarna (2,716).
Royal Enfield is up to 11th best-selling
brand in Germany with 1,523 units
sold YTD for a modest but fast growing
1.40% market share. Indian
Motorcycle are also on the warpath
with 1,179 units sold YTD for a 1.09%
share.
Total motorcycle registrations for the
full year 2018 in Germany were
+7.35% on 2017 (108,296 units),
with total PTW registrations +10.98%
(155,184 units).
German registrations Jan-Oct 2019
200,000
2018
2019
+7.06%
TOTAL PTW
50,000
+4.51%
100,000
Honda reports 5.098m unit sales
worldwide for Q2 (-4.1% to end of
September 2019), taking their half
YTD to 10.01m units - down by 6.1%
compared to the first half of 2018.
For Europe, Honda reports 57,000
sales for Q2 and 141,000 YTD,
making units sales in Europe level
with the first six months of 2018.
Global motorcycle sales revenue was
522.5bn yen for their second quarter,
down by - 16.7bn yen from 2018; for
the half year, sales were 1,005.5bn
yen, down by -38.6bn yen for the YTD.
Yamaha
For its "Land Mobility" business
division, Yamaha is reporting net sales
of 832.0 billion yen for the first nine
months/three quarters of its 2019
financial/calendar year (a decrease of
-5.8 billion yen or -0.7% compared
with the same period the previous
fiscal year), with operating income of
35.8 billion yen (a decrease of 4.4
billion yen or -10.9%).
In "developed markets" it increased
unit sales in Europe. In its
"emerging markets" motorcycle
business, unit sales increased in
Indonesia, the Philippines and Brazil,
but decreased in Vietnam, India,
Taiwan and Argentina, resulting in
decreased sales units, and decreased
sales and income overall.
Kawasaki
For the six months ended September
2019, Kawasaki reports sales revenue
for its Motorcycle (and Engine)
division at 147.23bn yen for an
improved operating loss of 3.37bn
yen compared to the year-ago period.
For Q2, Kawasaki wholesale
shipments to "developed markets"
were 67,000 units, up by 3,000 from
Q2 last year; revenue generated was
50.3bn yen.For emerging markets, Q2
wholesale unit shipments were
158,000, down by 5,000 units from
the year-ago quarter, with 36.2bn yen
generated (also down).
Suzuki
150,000
The latest data from the IVM, the
motorcycle industry trade association
in Germany, shows motorcycle
registrations up by +4.55% (4,968
units), having also been up in
September (+5.23%, 6,920 units).
For the year January to October, the
German motorcycle market is +4.51%
at 108,404 - the best comparable
performance since before 2008. In
total PTW terms, October was +3.01%
(8,044 units) and +7.06% (158,024
units) for the YTD.
The top selling model for the first ten
months of 2019 remains the BMW R
1250 GS (9,100 units), way ahead of
the Yamaha MT-07 (3,569) in second
place and the Kawasaki Z900 in third
(3,045), followed by the Z650 in fourth
(2,675) and the Honda Africa Twin fifth
with 2,303 units sold YTD.
With seven models among the top 30
best-selling motorcycles, it is no
surprise that BMW has stretched its
German market dominance still
further, having sold 23,906 units in
total YTD for a commanding 22.05%
market share (up +8.63% on the year
ago period).
Honda was second with 12,603 units
sold for an 11.63% market share; KTM
Honda
For its second quarter (July to
September 2019), Suzuki reports that
net sales in its motorcycle business
increased by 0.2bn yen (+0.2%) to
126.5bn yen year-on-year, mainly
owing to increased sales in India. Q2
operating income decreased by 2.3bn
yen (-56.8%) to 1.7bn yen year-on-
year. Overall worldwide unit sales
volume was 876,000 units for the
six-month period from April to
September 2019, which was up by
18,000 units (+2.1%) due to
increases in India and the Philippines.
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