Spain: motorcycles +7.55% to August
Marking an improvement in the sales action seen in Spain in March, April and July this year, the latest data from ANESDOR - the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain - shows that motorcycle registrations in August were +1.66% (11,518) units and that growth for 2022 is firmly established at +7.55% YTD (119,210 units).
In motorcycle terms, this has been the second-best market performance for the first eight months in Spain since before 2009 and is only some 1,500 behind the 2019 record.
Moped registrations in Spain were -8.49% YTD at 10,623 units, but total PTWs were running at +6.03% YTD at 129,833 units registered so far.
Demand for electric powered PTWs was +30.9% in August at 1,068 units.
Honda remains market share leader in Spain with a 22.1% share (26,299 units), followed by Yamaha (11.4%, 13,647 units), KYMCO (6.9%, 8,218 units), Piaggio (6.7%, 7,940 units), Sym (6.6%, 7,921 units) and BMW (6.3%, 7,481 units).
Honda's PCX 125 and SH 125I are the top-sellers, followed by the Sym Symphony 125, KYMCO Agility City 125 and Honda Forza 125.
For the record - motorcycle registrations in Spain were +6.26% for the full year in 2021 at 165,115 units. The Spanish market had not yet caught up with 2019 registrations though (175,585 units), but 2021 was the second-best motorcycle and scooter market performance in Spain since before 2009. In total PTW terms, 2021 was +3.26 (182,922 units) - also the second-best since before the 2007/2009 financial crisis.
