The latest statistics released by the European motorcycle industry trade association in Brussels ( ACEM ) show new motorcycle registrations in EU markets for the period from January to July 2016 to be up by + 5.5 percent to 652,649 units ( from 618,651 for the year-ago period ). For total new PTW registrations EU markets are + 2.1 percent YTD at 833,622 units ( from 816,083 |
for the year-ago period ). In motorcycle registration terms Italy is the largest market so far this year , with registrations + 11.4 percent , year-on-year , at 139,534 units YTD . Germany is second (+ 1.9 percent , 116,332 units ); France is third ( -0.3 percent , 105,126 units ); Spain is fourth (+ 8.8 percent , 89,399 units ), with the UK fifth (+ 7.0 percent , 72,137 units ). |
The greater growth in motorcycle sales compared to mopeds and other smaller cc machines confirms that the recovery in Europe is strongest at the higher value , larger displacement end of the market . In total PTW terms Italy is Europe ’ s largest market (+ 9.7 percent YTD , 155,286 units ); France is the second largest market ( -1.3 percent , 154,562 units ); Germany is third largest ( - 2.2 percent , 132,874 units ); Spain fourth (+ 7.9 percent , 98,847 units ) and the UK fifth largest |
(+ 5.9 percent , 77,007 units ). For the period January to July 2016 Europe ’ s big five markets ( Italy , France , Germany , Spain and the UK ) accounted for 522,564 new motorcycle registrations – some 80 percent of the EU total . In 2015 motorcycle registrations totalled 885,443 for the year , up from 802,667 in 2014 ; moped registrations totalled 328,299 in 2015 ( 352,572 in 2014 ) with total new PTW registrations totalling 1,213,742 units – up from 1,155,239 in 2014 . |