International Dealer News IDN 153 February/March 2020

64 PAGE EDITION
COMMENT: Five years of growth - can it sustain as bans loom? ........................... Page 4
SBS: Serious performance needs serious stopping power. ...................................................................................................................... Page 7
Triumph: More Bajaj 200-600 cc deal details confirmed by British manufacturer
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Honda: Hitachi deal to combine Showa, Keihin, Nissin and more in new aftermarket powerhouse. .......................... Page 8
FEB/MAR ’20
ISSUE #153
STATZONE 6-8
SHOW REVIEW
EU records 1,065,413 ICE motorcycle
registrations in 2019 for +7.3% growth;
Italy +5.0% as largest market
ccording to ACEM,
the Brussels based
international motorcycle
industry trade association, new
motorcycle registrations in EU
markets in 2019 (ICE/Internal
Combustion Engine units only)
totalled 1,065,413 units for a
reported +7.3% increase over
2018 (992,967 units).
Although national reporting variables
sometimes make direct comparisons
tricky, the ACEM data is reporting Italy
as the largest market in the EU with
230,039 machines registered, +5.0%
up from the 219,122 registered in
2018.
France was the second largest market
at +10.9% (194,919 units), with Spain
third (+9.0%, 171,156 units),
Germany fourth (+6.1%, 164,994
units) and the UK market essentially
flat in fifth place (+0.5%, 100,742
units). The UK remains in ACEM's EU
data for the full year 2019, having left
the EU on 31st January 2020).
These 'Big Five' markets accounted for
861,850 units, which was 80.9% of
the EU total and, between them,
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slightly down on their overall share of
the 2018 market (81.3%).
Reflecting the pace of its wider
economic recovery, Greece was the
sixth largest EU motorcycle market in
2019 with +14.0% growth (37,132
registrations), the fastest growth rate
among those markets posting
registrations of over 20,000 units in the
year.
Portugal was seventh (+5.4%, 29,837
registrations); Austria eighth (+5.5%,
Total ICE & EV
PTW units
+8.7%
27,150 registrations); a broadly flat
Belgian market was ninth largest at
+0.5% (23,877 units registered), and
with by far the strongest growth rate of
those markets reporting more than
5,000 registrations, Poland was in
tenth place with 19,032 units
registered for a +31.3% growth rate in
new unit sales to add to the strong
import market it has of used units
receiving their first registration in
Poland.
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The EU was also worth some 243,376
ICE mopeds, which was +4.7% over
2018 (France the largest market at
77,190 units, +23.4%), to make total
EU ICE two-wheeler sales 1,308,789
units - a 6.8% growth rate combined.
The electric two-wheeler market
continues to grow strongly in
percentage terms, but is still at a very
early stage in its development. Total EV
sales were 73,887 units in the EU
(+57.7%), with France the largest
market with 16,404 units (+37.8%),
Belgium was the second largest
market, followed by the Netherlands,
Spain and Italy.
Of the total of EV registrations, 59,776
were classified as mopeds (+49.7%),
with only 14,111 described as
motorcycles (+104.48%). Spain was
the largest market for electric
motorcycles (+102.2%), followed by
France. Belgium was the largest market
for electric mopeds, followed by France.
Taking EV and ICE mopeds and
motorcycles together, the EU total PTW
market was worth 1,382,676 units for
+8.7% growth over 2018 (1,272,206
units).
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2019
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