After having been up by over +17 percent in 2015, the latest data from the motorcycle industry trade association in Switzerland (MotoSuisse) shows new motorcycle registrations there down by -3.4 percent for the full year in 2016 at 26,391 units.
Interestingly in a market that was not subject to the Euro 3 inventory carry-over issue, December sales were a more realistic -1,89 percent on low volumes (466 units).
YTD at 25,362 units; and down by -8.33 percent in October on very low volumes (869 units).
In total PTW terms, the market in Switzerland was down by -6.21 percent at 45,897 units for the full year 2016.
In motorcycle market share terms, Yamaha had top spot having sold 4,803 units, with BMW second (3,485 units), Harley-Davidson third (3,032 units), Honda fourth (2,701 units) and Kawasaki fifth (2,399 units).
Yamaha’s MT-07 was the top seller in Switzerland in 2016 (935 units), with their MT-09 in fourth (526 units) and MT-09 Tracer sixth (526 units).
The BMW R 1200 GS was second best seller in Switzerland in 2016 (678 units), with Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ third (641 units).
