The latest data from ACEM, the Brussels-based European Industry trade association, shows cumulative motorcycle registrations in the EU up by +6.8 percent for the first ten months of 2014 (739,150 units).
Year on year motorcycle registrations have increased in most of the key European markets, including Spain (+ 19.8 percent), UK (+11.8 percent), Germany (+8.1 percent), France (+3.7 percent) and Italy (+2.1 percent).
Cumulative PTW registrations in the EU are +1.2 percent for the first ten months of the year, at 1,050,780 units. The Spanish (+16.2 percent), UK (+10.2 percent) and German (+2.9 percent) markets have seen growth, but others such as Italy (-1.1 percent) and France (-1.3 percent) were essentially flat for the first ten months of the year.
The moped market continues to shrink. The EU saw sales down by -9.8 percent for the first ten months of the year (311,630 units compared to 345,540 during the year ago period), with registrations down in the UK (-1.9 percent), Spain (-5.2 percent), France (-8.3 percent), Germany (-14.4 percent) and Italy (-15.8 percent).
