A total of 810,986 powered-two and three-wheelers were registered during the first seven months of 2015 in the EU. This represents an increase of 3.9% compared to the 780,585 vehicles registered during the same period of 2014.
Registrations performed positively in Spain (91,631 units, +20.6%), the UK (72,646 units, +13.2%), Italy (141,278 units, 5.4%), and Germany (132,252 units, +0.9%). They decreased in France (156,610 units, -2.5%).
Motorcycle registrations
Motorcycle registrations Cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by 9.6% during the first seven months of 2015 on a year-on year basis. A total of 613,711 motorcycles were registered between January and July 2015, against 559,733 during the same period of 2014. Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all key European markets, namely Spain (82,194 units, +21.9%), the UK (67,349 units, +15.6%), Italy (125,062 units, +8.6%), Germany (114,191 units, +6.5%), and France (105,453 units, +1.1%).
Moped registrations
A total of 197,275 mopeds were registered during the first seven months of 2015 in the EU, whilst 220,852 mopeds had been registered during the same period of 2014. This represents a decrease of 10.7%. Registrations increased in Spain (9,437, + 9.7%), although they decreased in France (51,157 units, -9.2 %), the UK (5,297 units, -11%), Germany (18,061 units, -24.1%) and Italy (16,216 units, -14.5%).
