International Dealer News IDN 152 December 2019/January 2020 | Page 7

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 www.idnmag.com 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. MOTORCYCLE MOTOR RCYCLE R C INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - DECEMBER 2019 / JANUARY 2020 7