According to the latest data gathered by ACEM, the Brussels based international motorcycle trade association, more than 1 million motorcycles and mopeds were registered in the EU in Q3 2016 (+4.4% year-on-year). France remains the largest market for powered two and powered three- wheelers in Europe. At least 1,051,257 powered two and three-wheelers were registered during the first three quarters of 2016 in the EU (compared to 1,006,684 vehicles registered during the same period of 2015).
PTW registrations performed positively in all the key European markets including Italy (+10.3%, 186,464 units), Spain (+9.6%, 127,717 units), UK (+7.3%, 101,408 units), Germany (+2.5%, 168,418 units) and France (+1.1%, 198,513 units).
However, registrations of higher priced, larger displacement machines continue to out-perform mopeds and lower-price smaller displacement units. Cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by +7.2% during the first three quarters of 2016 on a year-on-year basis. A total of 802,767 motorcycles were registered between January and September 2016, against 749,128 during the same period of 2015.
Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all the largest European markets, including Italy (+12%, 160,602 units), Spain (+10.2%, 114,988 units), UK (+8.7%, 94,807 units), Germany (+4.5%, 143,367 units) and France (+2.1%, 129,835 units).
At least 248,490 mopeds were registered during the first nine months of 2016 in the EU, whilst 257,556 had been registered during the same period of 2015. This represents a decrease of -3.5%. Moped registrations increased in Spain (+5%, 12,729 units) and the Netherlands (+2.8%, 55,363 units). They remained stable in Austria (-0.2%, 12,366 units) and France (-0.8%, 58,040 units), but declined in Italy (-2.1%, 19,862 units) and Poland (-14.2%, 21,432 units).
ACEM Secretary General Antonio Perlot said: “These third quarter figures clearly show that the powered two and three-wheeler sector continues to recover from the acute economic crisis that started in 2008. We are still far away from the 2.4 million registrations of 2007, but we are optimistic about the future.
“As the European economy continues to emerge from its long slumber, European citizens will increasingly look for convenient solutions that meet both their mobility and leisure needs”.
This analysis is based on information available up to 19 October 2016. At that time motorcycle and moped data for the following countries was not available: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Romania and Slovenia. Moped data for Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Slovakia and Sweden was not available.
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