-8.03 percent
According to the latest data available from ANESDOR, the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain, new motorcycle registrations were down by -14.37 percent in September (12,389 units), having been -3.21 percent in August (10,479 units), and are -8.03 percent for the first nine months of 2017 (105,230 YTD).
Overall, total PTW registrations in September were -11.07 percent (14,458 units), having been marginally up at +0.28 percent in August, and are -5.01 percent for the YTD at 120,834 units in total.
In moped terms, September was +14.44 percent (2,069 units sold) and are +21.93 percent for the year to date at 15,604 units. The growth is largely due to the increases seen in the ‘RAB Channel’ (Rent-a-Bike scheme purchases), which was +34 percent in September and has seen growth of +107.6 percent in unit terms through August.
General Secretary of ANESDOR Jose Maria Riano says that “the six months of decline in new motorcycle registrations that we have now seen are due to the lack of plans and measures to encourage the acquisition of new vehicles and the ongoing impacts of the introduction of the Euro 4 emissions regulations on January 1.” The average age of the motorcycle fleet in Spain is one of the oldest in Europe at 15.6 years.
