At least 1,209,006 powered-two and three-wheelers were registered during the first 11 months of 2016 in the EU. This represents an increase of 5.4% compared to the 1,146,948 vehicles registered during the same period of 2015.
Registrations performed positively in all of the key European markets including Italy (+9.8%, 209,147 units), Spain (+11.7%, 154,869 units), UK (+7.1%, 117,647 units), Germany (+4.7%, 186,519 units) and France (+2.1%, 232,715 units).
Motorcycle registrations
During the first 11 months of 2016 cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by 8.3% on a year-on year basis. A total of 918,540 motorcycles were registered between January and November 2016, against 848,503 during the same period of 2015.
Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all of the largest European markets, including Italy (+11.4%, 186,203 units), Spain (+12.2%, 139,118 units), UK (+8.5%, 109,715 units), Germany (+7%, 157,156 units) and France (+3.5%, 150,323 units).
Moped registrations
At least 290,466 mopeds were registered during the first 11 months of 2016 in the EU, whilst 298,445 had been registered during the same period of 2015. This represents a decrease of 2.7%.
Moped registrations increased in Spain (+8.1%, 15,751 units) and the Netherlands (+3.4%, 64,618 units). They remained stable in France (-0.1%, 82,392 units) but declined in Italy (-1.9%, 22,944 units), Germany (-6.1%, 29,363 units) and Poland (-14.1%, 23,255 units).
Documents available to dowload
ACEM – Statistical data – November 2016 [xls]
ACEM – Statistical press release – November 2016 [pdf]
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Manuel Ordonez de Barraicua. ACEM communications officer
E. [email protected], P. +32 (0) 22 30 97 32.
