The latest data from the motorcycle industry trade association in Poland (PZPM) shows new motorcycle registrations at +39.00% for April (3,126 units), having been +76.98% in March (2,168 units) and running at +53.09% (6,647 units) for the first four months of 2019. The figures show that the improvement of the new motorcycle market in Poland since the summer of 2018 appears to be sustaining.
New moped sales are improving too, though comparisons with the early months of 2018 are unreliable due to the moped segment's 2017/2018 Euro 4 transition - YTD moped registrations in Poland are reported as +45.38% (5,603 units), putting total new PTWs in Poland at +49.46 YTD (12,250 units - the best since 2016).
However, new model registrations are only ever part of the story where the Polish market is concerned. Poland is an important market for pre-owned vehicles (from elsewhere in Europe) that are receiving their first domestic Polish registration; these machines provide valuable service, maintenance and PG&A income for Poland’s franchised and independent motorcycle shops and the vendors they buy from.
When the used motorcycles receiving their first registration in Poland are factored in, the total number of new and used PTWs sold was +6.62% in April (16,711 units) and are running at +24.19% for the YTD (38,707 units - the best since 2015).
For the full year 2018 overall total new PTW registrations at -30.67 percent (30,971 units) for the year. New and used PTW registrations were -7.53 percent (101,158 units) retaining Poland’s position as Europe’s 6th largest market.
