Swedish motorcycle sales +11.88 percent for first four monthThe latest data from McRF, the Swedish motorcycle industry trade association, shows new motorcycle registrations at +16.18 percent for April 2016 at 2,197 units after being down in March, (by -8.05 percent) and +11.88 percent for the YTD at 4,051 units.
In total PTW terms April in Sweden was +14.34 percent for the first four months (3,755 units) and is +9.47 percent at 6,904 units for the YTD. Moped sales were also up in April at +11.84 percent and are now running at +6.22 percent for the year-to-date (2,853 units).
Per Johansson, CEO of McRF, said that “these figures show that the interest remains high for motorcycles and mopeds in Sweden, and with technological advances in recent years such as sophisticated ABS systems, efficient traction control and tire pressure monitoring, Swedish consumers are becoming increasingly convinced that motorcycles are a safe transport option”.
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 units, 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 MC Massan Swedish motorcycle show (www.mcmassan.se) will be held in Stockholm from 26 to 29 January 2017.
