Germany: motorcycles -7.54% to October
The latest data from the IVM (the motorcycle industry trade association in Germany) show new motorcycle registrations running at -7.54% for the first ten months of 2022 at 101,075 units - the lowest YTD in Germany since 2017.
Most recently, August was -7.96% (9,817 units), September was -14.93% (7,369) with October at -3.17% (5,125 units). Either none of the increased inventory coming into Europe from the Japanese factories since late summer has been making its way into German showrooms, or else the market there does have a real problem in motorcycle terms.
Total PTW registration there were broadly flat for the first ten months of the year at -0.31% (185,412 units).
In market share terms, BMW remains the market leader in its home market with an imperious 21.29% market share (21,521 units sold YTD) and total of 11 models in the top 50. It is way ahead of Kawasaki in second (10.71% share/10,830 units), Honda in third (10.55%/10,660 units), Yamaha in fourth (8.49%/8,578 units) and KTM in fifth (8.38%/8,467 units).
They are followed by Harley-Davidson, Ducati, Triumph, Suzuki and Royal Enfield, which is now up to tenth spot in market share terms (3.31%/3,344 units).
The top selling motorcycle in Germany YTD was the BMW R 1250 GS with 7,930 units sold for a 7.85% share of the total market - remarkable for a single model - and way ahead of the Kawasaki Z900 in second (3,459/3.42%), the Yamaha MT-07 and Ténéré 700, Honda CRF 1000 Africa Twin, Suzuki SV 650, Honda CB 650 R Neo Sports Café, and the KTM 390 Duke, SMC 690 and 890 Duke in 9th, 10th and 11th spots.
The top five recorded electric manufacturers were Zero (319 units sold), VMoto, KTM, Tinbot and Energica (with just 38 units sold).
For the record - motorcycle registrations for the 2021 full year in Germany were -11.90% (116,407 units), with total PTWs at -9.71% (197,540 units) against 218,778 units in 2020 and 165,311 units in 2019. In 2020, the German motorcycle market grew by +16.89% (132,126 compared to a Euro 4/5 transition-distorted 113,039 in 2019).
