According to the latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain (ANESDOR), the motorcycle market there was up by 14.92 percent in August (10,819 units), having been down by -8.42 percent in July. That is the highest July sales figure since 2009.
The market in Spain is now running at +9.66 percent for the year-to-date at 99,882 units (the highest for the first eight months of the year since before 2009).
Moped registrations in August were +17.23 percent (1,456 units) and are +2.45 percent for the first eight months of the year at 10,990 units.
Total PTW registrations were +12.93 percent in August (12,275 units) and are up for 2016 so far at +8.62 percent for the year-to-date (110,870 units in total).
For the year-to-date Honda remains market share leader in Spain, having sold 17,375 units for a 17.4 percent market share, followed by Yamaha (15,383 units, 15.4 percent share) and Kymco (12,445 units, 12.5 percent share).
The top selling motorcycle in Spain in the first eight months was the Kawasaki Z800 – 2,193 units sold.
Scooter sales are up by +4.0 percent so far this year and represent some 64 percent of the PTW market (63,499 units YTD). Road-going motorcycles are +22.6 percent so far in 2016, accounting for 32.5 percent of the market, and while off-roaders are +21.1 percent YTD, they only account for 3.7 percent of total PTW sales.
ANESDOR General Secretary Jose Maria Riano welcomed the continued growth, but again pointed to the age of the motorcycle fleet in Spain, saying that “the current rate of registrations is insufficient to renew the fleet, whose average age stood at 14.7 years”.
He has again called on central government to address the price disparity that continues to promote re-sale of older units relative to the tax burden carried by new models.
