The Motorcycle & Engine division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries has released financial data for its full financial year (the 12 months from April 1st 2014 to March 31st 2014) revealing worldwide sales of 581,000 motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, and PWCs.
This is down from the 590,000 units sold in its 2013/2014 financial year, but net sales revenue is up (at 282.4 Bn Yen, from 278.2 Bn) due to the value of increased sales of higher value products (especially UTVs in North America) relative to the decrease in motorcycle unit sales seen in Latin America and Thailand.
However motorcycle and related product sales were up in Europe by 7.55 percent at 57,000 units (worth 50.1 Bn Yen). The company is forecasting growth to around 60,000 units in 2015/2016.
While UTV sales (in particular) were up for Kawasaki in North America, motorcycle units were down to 49,000 from 51,000 in the prior year. Motorcycle and related product sales were also down in their domestic Japanese market at 15,000 units from 19,000.
