International Dealer News IDN 154 April/May 2020 | Page 8

THE BRADLEY REPORT
SHOW KTM, Husqvarna, GasGas
ZONE
Mondial de la Moto
Paris, FR • October 1-11 KTM has announced that it too (in
addition to BMW) is to pull out of
INTERMOT and EICMA this year.
In carefully coded remarks, it appears
to be suggesting that INTERMOT
should NOT be staged in 2021 instead,
but continue to observe its alternate
annual cycle with the next show in
2022.
In March the PIERER Mobility Group,
Europe's largest motorcycle
manufacturer (KTM, Husqvarna,
GasGas) announced its workforce
would be taking a two week
"company vacation" from March 30
through April 10, initially citing
interruption in its component supply
chain from northern Italy. However, as
with most, if not all other
manufacturers in Europe, this is
expected to be extended further to the
end of April at least, probably by
Austrian government regulation.
The company stated that the
availability of all models was
guaranteed in its worldwide dealer
network for the start of the season,
but, like many other listed companies,
cancelled its published guidance for
the 2020 financial year, saying that the
crisis "requires daily reassessment of
the situation".
PIERER Mobility AG reported record
AIMExpo
Columbus OH, USA •
October 1-4 Energica
Based on information as at 3/4/20
2020
Vive La Moto
Cancelled
Concorso d'Eleganza
Villa d'Este
Cancelled
MotoSpring
Postponed from April
Moscow, Russia • May 9-11
Warsaw Motorcycle Show
Postponed from March
Warsaw, Poland • June 5-7
Wheels & Waves
Biarritz, FR • June 10-14
BMW Motorrad Days
Cancelled
World Ducati Week
Postponed to 2021
Glemseck 101
Leonberg, DE • September 4-6
INTERMOT
Cologne, DE • October 8-11
Motorcycle Trade Expo
Stoneleigh Park, UK •
October 18-20
Motorcycle Taiwan
Postponed from April
Taipei, TW • October 21-24
Oslo Motor Show
Norway • October 23-25
International Dirt Bike Show
Stafford, UK •
October 31 - November 1
SEMA
Las Vegas, NV, USA •
November 3-6
EICMA
Milan, Italy • November 3-8
Motorcycle Live
Birmingham, UK •
November 21-29
Salao Duas Rodas
Sao Paulo, Brazil •
November 23-28
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INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS
Having started 2020 on a high,
like many businesses, Modena,
Italy based electric sportsbike
manufacturer Energica is in
suspended animation until it can
restart manufacturing and, as
supplier of the Ego Corsa 'Spec
Bikes' for the second iteration 5-
venue, 7-race FIM Enel MotoE
World Cup series, knows for sure
if the first planned race will go
ahead at Assen on June 26-28.
In January Energica announced
that it already had orders for
2020 that were 100% of their
2019 sales, for a turnover of
around € 2.3m. The company
now has 59 dealers worldwide,
twelve of which are in Northern
and Central America, 45 in the
EMEA area and two in the Asia-
Pacific region.
results for 2019, with 280,099
motorcycles sold for a +7% increase
on the previous year. Turnover was
€ 1,520.1m (+4%), and EBITDA was
€ 240.8m (+14%), an EBITDA margin
of 15.8%. In 2019 the company spent
around € 121m on product
development and around € 44m on
operating systems and infrastructure
investments.
Sales of KTM motorcycles were
234,449 units, with 45,650
Husqvarnas sold; for the 2022
financial year, PIERER Mobility AG has
reiterated its sales target of 400,000
motorcycles and set itself the goal of
making Husqvarna Motorcycles the
third largest European motorcycle
manufacturer.
Having encountered pushback, like
many businesses PIERER Mobility
eventually decided to cancel the
dividend it has said it would pay to its
shareholders.
Additional news includes the launch of
the KTM 890 Duke R "Super Scalpel",
described as the "sportiest bike in the
midweight segment"; and a 'KTM
Ultimate Race 2020' (optimistically
slated for May 24-29) in which twelve
KTM Adventure riders from Europe,
South Africa, USA, Canada, Australia
and New Zealand (Adventure Rally
series riders) will race aboard equally
prepared KTM 790 Adventure R Rally
machines for a six-day long challenge
of more than 1,000 km across the
Moroccan desert dunes - shadowing
the theoretically upcoming Merzouga
Rally.
At the time of writing, the fourth
annual edition of the European KTM
Adventure Rally (scheduled for
Nafpaktos, Greece, on June 9-12) is
still in play.
Eva Ribelle, a new naked
style model for 2020
Unveiled at EICMA, the
company's 2020 range "defines
new technological standards,
courtesy of the 21.5 kWh power
units which guarantee a 60%
improvement in the driving
range (more than 400 km in
urban), but also 10% more
torque and 5% less overall
weight".
A new model for 2020, the Eva
Ribelle is a naked styled 107 kw
(145 hp), 215 Nm torque (159 ft
lb), 100% electric streetfighter
with a claimed top speed of 200
km/h (125 mph). "It is the only
electric naked bike with DC fast
charge, filling up with over 6 km
urban range for every minute
spent DC charging – faster by at
least 82% than any other
electric bike".
Inaugural MotoE
champion Matteo
Ferrari testing the
2020 'TechSpec'
Ego Corsa at Jerez
in March
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