International Dealer News IDN 152 December 2019/January 2020 | Page 6

STAT ZONE
UK: motorcycle registrations
ATTACK +1.16% January - October
STAT
Total new motorcycle registrations
through September 2019 were
+1.92% in Austria at 13,309 units.
Total new PTW registrations were
+8.87% at 38,140 units, thanks to a
robust moped and scooter market,
with Vespa the market leader (6,359
units). Motorcycle market share
leader was KTM at 24.31% share
(3,236 units YTD), followed by BMW
(12.84% share), Honda (11.15%),
Yamaha (10.63%) and Kawasaki in
fifth at 7.05% share.
Sweden
For the ten months of 2019, new
motorcycle registrations were
+2.48% at 11,351 units. Total PTW
sales were -7.47% at 24,160 units
due to further decline in moped sales
(-14.81% YTD, 12,809 units).
Switzerland
New motorcycle registrations through
October were -1.06% at 23,334
units. In total PTW terms, the Swiss
market was -4.03% at 39,482 units.
Motorcycle market share leader is
Yamaha with 3,926 units sold, ahead
of BMW (3,485 units). Honda is
third, followed by Kawasaki and
Harley-Davidson. Top seller is the
Yamaha MT-07 (1,084 units), with
BMW R 1250 GS (922) second,
Kawasaki Z900 third (575), the Z650
fourth (506), with the BMW R 1250
GS Adventure fifth (474 units sold).
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+1.16%
90,000
TOTAL PTW
small Sport/Tour (-19.9%) and Touring
(-13.3%) sectors; Trail/Enduro bikes are
+7.4% YTD (5,641 units); custom style
bikes are -7.9% YTD (7,049 units).
Honda was market share leader in the
UK in October (1,224 units), followed
by Yamaha (820 units), Lexmoto (668
units), KTM (437 units), BMW (431)
and Triumph at 404 units.
30,000
60,000
MOTORCYCLE
The Yamaha TENERE 700 was the top
selling Adventure Sport model in the
UK in October (115 units), with the R
1250 RT leading the Touring sector and
the R 1250 RS replacing the bestselling
Sport/Tour model. The Royal Enfield
Interceptor INT 650 topped the Naked
style bike rankings in the UK in October,
selling 136 units.
Spain: motorcycle registrations
+9.98% January - October
already surpassed
The latest data
Spanish registrations Jan - Oct 2019
the growth
from ANESDOR, the
market of 2018
motorcycle industry
2018
2019
with two months
trade association in 200,000
more sales to
Spain, shows
come."
motorcycle
+11.31%
+9.98%
Scooter sales are
registrations
150,000
at 86,011 units for
+12.30% for
the YTD, with
October (16,121
'Road' bikes at
units), having been
59,668 units.
+0.13% in
100,000
Electric powered
September (15,019
'motorcycles'
units). This remains
were +27.5% in
the strongest
October and are
October market
50,000
+13.2% YTD at
performance in
4,446 units.
Spain since before
Honda remains
2009.
market share
For the first ten
MOTORCYCLE
TOTAL PTW
leader in Spain so
months of 2019,
far this year,
Spanish new
selling 31,854 total units YTD
registered in total - also the
motorcycle registrations were
for a 21.0% market share.
best first ten months in Spain
+9.98% at 151,785 units YTD -
Yamaha was second (22,228
also the best since before 2009. since before 2009).
units/14.6%), Kymco third
Jose Maria Riano, General
The moped market in Spain
(16,334 units/10.8%), followed
Secretary of ANESDOR, has said
continues to recover (+25.92%,
by BMW up to fourth (10,845
that" as we approach the end
15,741 units YTD), and in total
units/7.1%), with Piaggio 5th
of the year, growth continues in
PTW terms the YTD in Spain
(10,409 units/6.9%).
double digits, and we have
was +11.31% (167,526 units
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Austria
+1.91%
New motorcycle registrations in
Poland were +33.48% (17,745
units) for the year to October - the
best first ten months since 2016.
Total new PTW registrations in
Poland to October were +24.67% at
35,656 units. Added to the used
units getting a first registration in
Poland (an important additional part
of the market there), total new and
pre-owned motorcycle registrations
YTD were +11.01% at 78,055 units
combined. Total new and pre-owned
PTW registrations, including
motorcycles, were +11.38% YTD at
104,738 units. By this metric, Poland
is Europe's 5th largest market YTD
2019.
2019
2018
Poland
UK registrations Jan - Oct 2019
120,000
Japanese made 'Big Four' brand
motorcycle exports (250 cc+) to
Europe were up in September 2019
by +30.85% (11,790 units) - the first
increase this year. For the YTD
exports are -19.94% at 114,717
units. Total PTW exports to Europe
were -20.66% YTD at 125,352. Total
worldwide PTW exports from Japan
were -16.27% at 278,954 units.
The latest data available from the
MCIA, the motorcycle industry
association in the UK, shows new
motorcycle registration growth in the
UK continuing to slow from the good
start to 2019 with sales at just +1.16%
YTD (90,387 units).
Many in the UK are pointing to Brexit
and general uncertainty, with
consumer confidence low, as the
reasons for the decline in the growth of
recent years. Having been +3.45% in
September (12,129 units), the UK
market was -3.96% (6,481 units) in
October.
Moped market volumes remain low in
the UK, but there is growth of
+16.40% YTD (5,365 units) to put
total new PTW registrations at
+1.91% YTD (95,752 units), the
strongest for the first ten months since
2016.
The largest single market sector in the
UK remains 'Naked' style bikes, at
31,140 units YTD (+2.2%). The
Adventure Sport sector is the second
largest, growing at +6.6% YTD
(17,227 units). In percentage terms,
the biggest losers are the relatively
Japan Exports
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