The latest statistics released by the IVM, the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany, show new motorcycle registrations up by +37.22 percent in October at 4,760 units for the month – the best October market performance in Germany since before 2008.
Cumulative new motorcycle registrations for the first 10 months of the year are +7.33 percent at 104,733 units so far – also the best first 10-month market performance in Germany since before 2008, when there had been 97,694 registrations for the corresponding period.
In total powered two-wheeler terms, the market in Germany was up by +28.76 percent in October (7,637 units) and is +5.49 percent for the year-to-date at 149,975 units.
The top selling model in Germany so far this year is the BMW R 1200 GS (6,615 units), followed by Yamaha’s MT-07 (3,224 units), Kawasaki’s ER-6n (2,511 units), with the BMW R nineT now up to fourth best seller (2,370 units), ahead of Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ (2,249 units) and BMW’s S 1000 XR sixth (1,827 units).
With six models in the top 20 sellers list, it is no surprise that BMW remains motorcycle sales market share leader in its home market for the first 10 months of the year, having sold 22,861 units for a 15.24 percent market share (down a little from the 22,962 units they sold for a 16.15 percent market share in the first 10-months of 2015).
Yamaha is second with a 13.30 percent market share (19,954 units sold YTD), Honda third with 12.12 percent of the German market (18,175 units), KTM in fourth place with 9.90 percent (14,843 units) and Harley-Davidson, having overtaken Kawasaki for fifth spot, with 7.16 percent (10,743 units).
Sportsbikes have taken 30.43 percent of the new motorcycle market in Germany so far this year (31,869 units), with Enduro bikes the second largest sector at 24.01 percent of the German motorcycle market (25,148 units); so-called “Classically styled” bikes (Naked style models mostly) are the third most popular style of bike in Germany so far in 2016, taking 22.00 percent of the market (23.041 units), followed by “Chopper” style bikes as the fourth most popular sector (12.67 percent, 13,269 units YTD).
