A total of 1,103,300 powered two wheelers (PTWs) were registered during the first eleven months of 2014 in the EU. This represents an increase of 1.4% compared with the 1,087,600 units registered between January and November 2013.
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A total of 1,103,300 PTWs were registered during the first ten months of 2014 in the EU. This represents an increase of 1.4% compared to the 1,087,600 units registered between January and November 2013.
The Spanish, the UK and the German markets performed positively, with registrations increasing by 16.6%, 10.5% and 2.3% respectively. Registrations went down in France and Italy (-1.2% and -1.7% respectively).
Between January and November 2014, registrations in the motorcycle segment grew by 6.9% compared to the same period in the previous year. A total of 774,100 motorcycles were registered against 724,000 for the first eleven months of 2013. Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in key European markets including Spain (+20.2%), UK (+12.1%), Germany (+8.4%), France (+3.5%), and Italy (+1.3%).
Moped registrations sales continued to decrease. Between January and November 2014, a total of 329,200 mopeds were registered in the EU, whilst 363,500 had been registered in the same period of 2013. This represents a decrease of 9.4%. Registrations fell by 1.6% in the UK, 5.5% in Spain, 8.1% in France, 15.6% in Italy and 16.9% in Germany.
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