International Dealer News IDN#135 February/March 2017

COMMENT : Urbanisation , outreach and innovation .......................................................................... Page 4 Spanish motorcycle registrations up + 17.1 percent in 2016 ; PTWs + 16.1 percent .................................... Page 9 BMW sets new sales record in 2017 , up by + 7.5 percent in Europe .......................................................................... Page 11 Kawasaki unit sales in Europe + 10 percent for Q3 ...................................................................................................................... Page 16

EU motorcycle registrations + 8.3 percent for the first 11 months of 2016 ( Jan-Nov )

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The latest data released by ACEM ( the Brussels based international motorcycle trade association ) shows new motorcycle registrations at + 8.3 percent for the period January to November 2016 , at 918,540 motorcycles ( against 848,503 during the same period of 2015 ). Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all of the largest European markets , including Italy (+ 11.4 %, 186,203 units ), Spain (+ 12.2 %, 139,118 units ), UK (+ 8.5 %, 109,715 units ), Germany (+ 7 %, 157,156 units ) and France (+ 3.5 %, 150,323 units ). In total PTW ( Powered Two-Wheeler ) terms , ACEM say that at least 1,209,006 powered two and threewheelers were registered during the first 11 months of 2016 in the EU . This represents an increase of 5.4 % compared to the 1,146,948 vehicles registered during the same period of 2015 . Registrations performed positively in all

of the key European markets , including Italy (+ 9.8 %, 209,147 units ), Spain (+ 11.7 %, 154,869 units ), UK (+ 7.1 %, 117,647 units ), Germany (+ 4.7 %, 186,519 units ) and France (+ 2.1 %, 232,715 units ). Moped registrations were -2.7 % for the period to November 2016 at 290,466 units compared to 298,445 registered
during the same period of 2015 . Moped registrations increased in Spain (+ 8.1 %, 15,751 units ) and the Netherlands (+ 3.4 %, 64,618 units ). They remained stable in France ( -0.1 %, 82,392 units ,) but declined in Italy ( -1.9 %, 22,944 units ), Germany ( -6.1 %, 29,363 units ) and Poland ( -14.1 %, 23,255 units ).
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