According to the latest data released by the motorcycle trade association in Spain (ANESDOR), the motorcycle market there was up by +26.96 percent in January at 8,637 units (from 6,803 in January 2015).
In moped terms the Spanish market was +2.82 percent in January (984 units), and for total PTWs the market was +23.55 percent at 9,621 units.
ANESDOR announced last month that it expected the strong growth seen in 2015 to continue with total PTW registrations for 2016 reaching some 162,000 units, which would be further growth of around 9 percent from the 148,000 units sold in 2015 - 131,595 of which were motorcycles (+19.55 percent over 2014).
At the time, Jose Maria Riano, the General Secretary of ANESDOR, had said that "2015 was a very positive year for the sector in Spain", and that in looking beyond the statistics "the motorcycle is clearly the choice of transport for millions of citizens in Spain, especially for their daily commute - PTWs are a major solution for mobility in Spain, reducing travel times between 50 and 70 percent, and reducing congestion and pollution".
Pointing to the greater age of the PTW fleet in Spain than is the case in neighbouring and nearby countries, he had again repeated his call for greater government support for the sector, "the average age of PTWs in Spain is 14.7 years. Despite the growth in new registrations the fleet actually aged further in 2015 - pointing to a strong growth in the total motorcycle park here. We believe that a review of the financial framework in which the PTW industry operates is needed in Spain, and that simplifying driving licenses would also favour fleet renewal".
Honda led the way in Spain in market share terms in 2015 (21,845 units), followed by Yamaha, Kymco, Piaggio and Suzuki. The top selling model in Spain in 2015 was Kymco's Agility City 125 (5,825 units), followed by Honda's SH 125 and Kymco's Super Dink 125. The top selling large displacement machine in Spain in 2015 was Kawasaki's Z 800 (2,228 units).
Catalonia in North Eastern Spain is the strongest regional market, accounting for 27.5 percent of registrations in 2015, followed by Andalucia (19.5 percent).
