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Motorcycles +19.2% in EU
markets for 2019 first quarter
he most recent available new
vehicle registration numbers
from ACEM - the Brussels
based international motorcycle
industry trade association - show
EU markets off to a good start in
2019, with motorcycle sales
(Internal Combustion Engine/ICE
and electric motorcycles) up
+19.2% at 244,991 units for the
first three months of the year.
Italy has been by far the largest market
in Europe so far this year with 54,826
units registered for +18.7% growth
over the 46,201 units registered in the
first quarter of 2018.
Germany was second largest with
44,450 units registered for +23.3%
growth; followed by France with 43,942
new units registered (+20.0%), Spain
37,255 units (+20.5%) and the UK
25,913 units (+10.3%).
Europe's 'Big Five' markets accounted
for 84.24% of new motorcycles
registered in Q1 (206,386 units).
The moped market in the EU (Internal
Combustion Engine/ICE and electric
motorcycles) has been growing by
+30.1% in the first quarter (52,715
units), with France the largest market at
17,997 units for +78.2% growth,
T
followed by the Netherlands, which has
seen +46.0% growth (13,040 units),
and Belgium (4,683 units, +35.4%
growth).
The moped sector appears to be seeing
growth following the negative effects of
the Euro 4 transition, which came a year
later than for motorcycles in winter
2017/2018.
Within those figures, the impact of
electric models remains modest. The
largest E-motorcycle market in the EU in
E-motorcycle
Q1 sales only
2,295 units
Q1 was France (581 units registered,
+58.7%), followed by Germany (504
units, +191.3%), Spain (502 units,
+62.5%), Italy (245 units, +67.8%), the
Netherlands (150 units, +16.3%) and
Austria (116 units, +152.2%). All other
EU markets saw less than 100 new
electric motorcycles registered in Q1
2019. There were a total of 2,295
electric units registered, a +78.6%
increase over 1,285 units in Q1 2018.
Not surprisingly the lower value electric
moped market is stronger in Europe in
unit terms, with the market overall being
+78.3% with 11,258 units registered.
The largest single markets are France
(3,726 units, +137.3%), Belgium
(2,474 units, +81.1%), the Netherlands
(2,448 units, +55.5%) and Spain
(1,087 units, +18.3%), followed by
Italy, Poland, Austria and Finland.
Most of the 'Non-Big Five' EU markets
are mostly showing healthy growth
rates in Q1. The markets with new ICE
motorcycle registrations of 1,000 or
more for Q1 are Belgium, 6,519 units
(+8.6%); Portugal, 5,818 units
(+24.5%); Greece, 5,721 units
(+6.3%); Austria, 5,259 units
(+33.9%); the Netherlands, 4,225 units
(+23.7); Czech Republic, 2,701 units
(+41.0%), Sweden, 1,950 units
(+35.0%) and Poland, 1,356 units
(-35.3% for the three months to March).
The most recently available ACEM
Vehicle Fleet ("Bike Park") figures for EU
markets show Italy as the largest PTW
use market with 8,720,733 units in
circulation (2018), followed by
Germany, 6,183,690 units (2017);
Spain, 5,393,239 units (2018); Poland,
2,754,987 units (2017); France,
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