The latest data from the IVM, the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany, shows motorcycle registrations down by -18.70% in March at 16,581 units, having been -8.35% (20,394 units) in March 2019.
Having been +6.38% for January and February combined (13,698 units), Germany was -8.99% for Q1 (30,279 units YTD). In total PTW terms, Germany was -15.81% in March (22,987 units) and -2.52% for Q1 (43,114 units YTD).
In Q1 motorcycle market share terms, BMW is 'Top Dog' with a massive 28.99% share in its home market (8,778 units sold YTD), followed by Kawasaki, KTM, Honda and Yamaha.
The top selling model was BMW's R 1250 GS (3,028 units YTD), followed by the Kawasaki Z900, BMW R 1250 RS, Kawasaki Z650 and BMW S 1000 RR. A record 10 of the Top 20 best sellers were BMW models.
For context - the German motorcycle market grew by +4.38% to 113,039 units in 2019, with PTW sales growing by +6.53% to 165,311 units - both the best performance since 2008 (excluding the rush to register pre-Euro 4 models before the law changed at the end of 2016).
