According to the most recent data released by ACEM, the Brussels based international motorcycle industry trade association (Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles), powered-two- and three-wheeler registrations continued to increase in the EU during the first eleven months of 2015, at +3.9%
A total of 1,151,657 powered-two and three-wheelers were registered during the first eleven months of 2015 in the EU.
This represents an increase of +4.4% compared to the 1,102,996 vehicles registered during the same period of 2014.
For the year-to-date registrations performed positively in Spain (138,590 units, +16.7%), the UK (109,542 units, +12.7%), Italy (190,405 units, 6.2%), and Germany (176,711 units, +3.0%). They decreased in France (227,817 units, -4.2%).
In motorcycle terms cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by +9.3% during the first eleven months of 2015 on a year-on year basis. A total of 846,087 motorcycles were registered between January and November 2015, against 774,387 during the same period of 2014.
Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in most key European markets, namely Spain (124,020 units, +18.0%), the UK (100,775 units, +15.6%), Italy (167,035 units, +9.8%), Germany (146,862 units, +6.1%). Motorcycle registrations decreased in France (145,303 units, -0.8%).
Motorcycle registrations in Europe's five largest markets (Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the UK) accounted for some 88 percent of EU new motorcycle registrations for the first eleven months of 2015.
A total of 305,570 mopeds were registered during the first eleven months of 2015 in the EU, whilst 328,609 had been registered during the same period of 2014. This represents a decrease of -7.0%. Moped registrations increased in Spain (14,570, +6.2%), although they decreased in Germany (29,849 units, -10.0%), France (82,514 units, -9.5%), the UK (8,767 units, -12.7%), and Italy (23,370 units, -14.1%).
Reference
ACEM’s 2014 annual data shows total EU motorcycle registrations at 798,328 units (up by some 60,000 units over 2013) and at 842,203 units for EU and EFTA markets combined (also some 60,000 units up on 2013).
ACEM’s 2014 annual data shows total EU PTW registrations at 1,099,018 units and at 1,156,569 units for EU and EFTA markets combined (down by some 11,000 units on 2013 in both cases).
ACEM’s 2014 annual data shows total EU moped registrations at 340,468 units (down by some 40,000 units compared to 2013) and at 354,044 units for EU and EFTA markets combined (down by some 42,000 units compared to 2013).
Background
ACEM data is generally published some weeks later than the new registration statistics released by the individual major-market National trade associations and will differ from those numbers for reasons of timing, compilation methodology and the sources used.
ACEM gathers data for as many European markets as possible, including EFTA nations that are outside of their EU reporting (Norway and Switzerland for example), but statistics from some of Europe's smaller EU and EFTA markets (Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Slovakia for example) are not always available within the timescales of ACEM's reporting cycle.
A comprehensive presentation of current and archive data and an ACEM industry newsletter sign-up tool are available at www.acem.eu
