ACCORDING to the latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Switzerland the motorcycle market there was up by 16.66 percent for the first six months of 2015 at 19,019 units (from 16,303 for the first half of 2014).
In Scooter terms the Swiss market was down by 6.52 percent at 11,878 units for the first six months. In total PTW terms therefore the market in Switzerland was up by nearly 14 percent in June (6,201 units) and by 6.51 percent for the first six months of the year (30,897 units.
Yamaha is the market leading manufacturer, taking top spot in motorcycle and scooter sales terms (3,827 motorcycles in the first six months for a 43.71 percent market share and 2,942 scooters). BMW is the second largest motorcycle brand, followed by Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki and Honda.
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| MT-07, the top-selling motorcycle in Switzerland for the fist six months of 2015 |
The top-selling motorcycle in the first six months of the year was Yamaha's MT07 (1,012 units), followed by their MT-09 (744 units), the BMW R 1200 GS (474 units), Yamaha's MT- Tracer (418 units) and Ducati's 803 Scrambler (384 units).
The top-selling scooter in Switzerland in the first six months of the year was the Vespa Primavera 125 3V (754 units). Kymco is the top manufacturer in a Swiss ATV market that was up by nearly 20 percent in the first half of the year (896 units in total).
Nearly 64 percent of the 19,019 new motorcycles registered in Switzerland in the first six months of 2015 were in the 751cc+ class.
The health of the Swiss market was evidenced by the excellent attendance at this year's Swiss Moto exhibition in Zurich in February this year; in 2016 the expo will be staged from 18 - 21st February.
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