Austria: Arge2Rad 2020 data shows a Euro 4/Euro 5 pre-registration distortion in Austria, with a growth in PTW sales of +12.57% (46,099 units sold). A final quarter figure of +177.02% (7,053 registrations) must include some "inventory management". In its home market, KTM is motorcycle market share leader, having sold 5,026 units, followed by Honda, Yamaha, BMW and Kawasaki. Vespa is the market-leading scooter manufacturer (7,899 units) and overall the bestselling PTW brand.
Switzerland: MotoSuisse data shows total new 2020 Swiss motorcycle registrations at 29,450 units (+21.65%). December saw growth of +76.89% (773 units), although on low volumes it suggests pre-registration of unsold Euro 4 inventory, as elsewhere. In total PTW terms, there was growth of +17.43% (49,783 units). Yamaha was motorcycle market share leader (5,172 units), Kawasaki second (4,080 units) and BMW third (3,643). Vespa is the leading scooter brand (4,810 units).
USA: The MIC reports powersports sales increased by +18.4% in the US in 2020, with motorcycle and scooter sales rising +11.4%. The MIC retail sales reporting system gathers new motorcycle, scooter and ATV retail sales data from 14 leading manufacturers and distributors, and reports that sales of on-highway motorcycles were steady, while sales of off-highway motorcycles spiked with sales up +46.5% in 2020. Sales of ATVs also jumped, rising +33.8% over 2019.
Australia: The FCAI says the Australian motorcycle market (including ATV/SSVs) saw 108,926 units sold in 2020, an increase of 19,727 units (+22.1%) over the full year 2019 (89,199 units). On-Highway Vehicles (OHVs) grew significantly with 24,856 vehicles sold (+6,950/+38.8%). Off-road motorcycles also grew strongly at 44,697 units (+30.3% over 2019's 34,298 units). Road bike sales increased by +9.2% at 34,912 units. Scooters was the only declining segment with 4,461 units sold (-11%).
Japanese exports: Data from JAMA shows that motorcycle shipments to Europe from Japanese factories declined by -26.53% in 2020 (130,038 units; down from 177,005 in 2019). After a strong start to the year (Jan-March, 65,744 units exported), exports declined heavily from April to December (just 64,294 units). In total PTW terms, shipments to Europe were -24.60% for the year (144,127 units). Japanese made motorcycle exports to USA were -27.63% for 2020 (42,931 units), and worldwide PTW exports
-21.29% (311,998 units).
