The latest data released by ACEM, the Brussels based international motorcycle industry trade association, shows combined registrations of motorcycles and mopeds declared by participating markets in the EU (all PTWs – Powered Two Wheelers) totalling 426,913 units for the second quarter of 2017, representing a decrease of -3.40 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Italy was the best performing market with 137,483 units for Q1 and Q2 combined (+5.9% compared to 2016). Registrations also went up in France (134,036 units, +4.5%). This contrasts with the situation in other large European markets such as Germany (102,929 units, -12.6%), Spain (76,558 units, -5.3%) and the UK (56,677 units, -14.1%).
In motorcycle terms, registrations of motorcycles in the EU were 327,799 for Q2 2017 (-4.67% compared to 343,840 units in Q2 2016). The Italian motorcycle market is currently the largest in Europe with 124,913 units registered for the first six months of 2017 (+6.6% compared to the same period of the previous year). Motorcycle registrations also increased in France (91,494 units, +2.6%), but decreased in Germany (88,322 units, -12.3%), Spain (67,373 vehicles, -8.1%) and the UK (53,549 units, -13.4%).
Registrations of mopeds in the EU in Q2 increased by +1.05% (99,114 units, up from 98,088 in 2016), led by strong growth in the two largest European markets for the year to date - France (42,542 units, +9%) and the Netherlands (37,032 units, +8.4%). Moped registrations declined in Germany (14,067 units, -14.8%), but remained stable in Poland (12,586 units, +0.5%) and Italy (12,570 units, -0.5%).
Total registrations of electric mopeds, motorcycles and quadricycles reached 13,089 units for the first six months of 2017, an increase of +30.5% compared to the same period in 2016 (10,576 units). A total of 10,204 electric mopeds and 1,995 electric motorcycles were registered in Europe (+78.1% and +23.5% respectively), whilst figures for electric quadricycles went down from 3,232 in Q2 2016 to 1,610 units in Q2 2017 (-50.2%).
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