ACCORDING to the latest data released by the motorcycle trade association in Spain (ANESDOR) new motorcycle registrations there were up by over 27 percent in July at 17,520 units for the month, taking the total for the year-to-date to 81,656 units, which is nearly +23 percent.
This was the best first seven month market performance since 2011 and the best July market performance in Spain since 2009.
In total PTW terms July was +24 percent (19,493 units and +21 percent for the year-to date (91,141 units; moped sales were modestly up in July (at just under + 2 percent) and running at around +11 percent up for the year-to-date (9,485 units).
Jose Maria Riano, General Secretary of ANESDOR, said that "With July we have seen 23 months of continuous growth and we will approach 150,000 units this year. This is still far out from goal of market sustainability though, which we see as being around 250,000 units a year - which is not an over-ambitious target, given that the market in Spain saw more than 395,000 units registered in 2007".
Market leader so far this year for new motorcycle registrations is Honda with a 16.2 percent share at 13,243 units (up 11 percent over 2014). Kymco is second with 14.9 percent, with Yamaha third (14.4 percent); Piaggio fourth (9.1 percent); Suzuki fifth (6.6 percent); followed by Sym, BMW, Kawasaki, Keeway and Peugeot.
