According to the latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany (IVM, Essen) new motorcycle registrations in October were down by -9.52 percent (-1.81 percent in September) on low volumes (3,469 units), but remain at +5.53 percent for the year-to-date (97,579 units - the best first nine month market performance in Germany since 2008).
In total PTW terms, the German market was down by -10.12 percent in October (5,931 units) and is running at +6.15 percent for the year-to-date (142,164 units - also the highest for the first nine months of the year since 2008).
Last year the German market saw 96,823 new motorcycles registered for the full 12 months (140,609 total PTWs), and as predicted by MotoWEEK last month, the growth in the German market has resulted in the 2014 market performance being bettered, with two months to spare.
