Spain: Total PTW registrations -9.23% for 2020 full year
With motorcycle registrations having been -17.52% (13,299 units) for October and -18.50% (10,725 units) for November, the latest data from ANESDOR, the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain, shows a good December at +19.23% growth (12,685 units), to finish the year at -11.55% (155,298 units).
This represents a dramatic recovery for the market in Spain, where new motorcycle registrations were -46.64%, -94.43% and -43.68% for March, April and May respectively (21,174 units sold, compared to 52,179 in 2019). In full year terms, the year was still the third best seen in Spain in new motorcycle registration terms since before 2009.
In terms of total PTW registrations in Spain, the -9.23% decline (176,691 units) also represented the third best market performance there since 2009, with Moped registrations continuing their market recovery to close out 2020 at +12.13% (21,393 units), with electric motorcycles said to account for 8% of the total market (+17% at 14,910 units).
Jose Maria Riano, General Secretary of ANESDOR, said that "given the complex circumstances, it has been a positive year for the sector. The pandemic and resulting two-month market shutdown in the spring has caused an overall decline in general sales compared to 2019, but the advantages of PTWs as an urban mobility solution have been further amplified. The figures are less negative than might have been expected, especially compared to the automotive sector."
The top selling models in Spain YTD have been the Kymco Agility City 125, Honda PCX 125 and Yamaha NMAX 125. Honda remains overall market share leader with 18.2% of the Spanish market (28,264 units), followed by Yamaha, Kymco, BMW, Piaggio and Kawasaki (7,757 units sold for a 5.0% share).
For comparison, new motorcycle registrations in Spain were +11.07% in 2019 (at 175,585 units) and +14.32% in 2018 (158,086 units).
