The latest data from McRF, the Swedish motorcycle industry trade association, shows new motorcycle registrations at +7.17 percent for the first quarter of 2016 at 1,854 units, with March actually down by -8.05 percent in a market with fewer selling days in March this year, and where the peak of the season comes some two months or so later than it does elsewhere in Europe.
In total PTW terms March was -9.65 percent with the first quarter +4.17 percent at 3,149 units. Moped sales were also down in Sweden in March at -11.9 percent and are running at +0.15 percent for the year-to-date (1,295 units).
For the full year 2015 motorcycle sales were up by +14.4 percent at 9,424 units, with mopeds +22.8 percent at 10,635 units and all categories of MotoCross models worth an additional 2,707, putting the Swedish market at 22,766 total PTWs.
In related powersports vehicle terms the Swedish market was worth 7,198 ATVs in 2015 (+9.9 percent), 5,840 snowmobiles (+16.7 percent) and 2,911 'Quadricycles' (+13.4 percent) for a combined total motorcycle, PTW and powersports vehicle market of 38,715 units.
Next year's MCMassan Swedish motorcycle show will be in Stockholm from 26 to 29 January 2017.
