The latest data from ANESDOR, the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain, shows motorcycle registrations +19.00 percent for December (9,871 units), having been -10.42 percent in November (10,205 units) and +15.15 percent in October (14,354 units). For the YTD the market in Spain was +14.32 percent at 158,086 units.
The moped market in Spain remains soft (-26.42 percent/15,459 units in 2018), with total PTW registrations +8.89 percent in 2018 at 173,545 units.
Jose Maria Riano, Secretary General of ANESDOR, says that “during 2018 the market in Spain recovered the growth trend after overcoming the Euro 4 regulatory change seen at the start of 2017. That brought a sharp drop in registration statistics during the first half of 2017, and this explains why the growth in sales in the first half of 2018 was higher than in the second half of the year”.
Scooters were the largest motorcycle registrations sector, taking 58% of the 158,086 registrations for a 10 percent growth in 2018 (92,016 units). Road bikes increased +19 percent to 58,980 units, with the small off-road sector growing +25 percent (6,810 units) after a big decline in 2017.
Motorcycles up to 125 cc grew +15.5% in 2018 to 86,170 units; motorcycles over 215 cc were +12.9% (79,916 units). The decline in moped registrations was due to their Euro 3/Euro 4 crossover, which happened at the beginning of January 2018. Riano also commented that “the growth in road bikes was especially stimulated by continued growth in urban use as more and more Spanish citizens turn to two wheels for mobility in the city”.
ANESDOR is projecting 3% growth for 2019 (3.5%/163,600 units are expected to be motorcycles, with mopeds +2.3%).
