Our good friend Guido is back with an increase in scooter sales, but only in Germany.
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Motorcycle& scooter sales in Germany during the first nine months of 2011totaled 117,643 units, up 3.5% compared to 113,711 units sold during the samenine-month period in 2010, says the Industrie-VerbandMotorrad Deutschland (IVM).
Motorcyclesales totaled 88,570 units, up 3.3% compared to 85,641 units; Scooter salestotaled 29,073 units, up 3.4% compared to 28,070 units.
Permalink: blog.guidoebert.com/2011/11/02/2-wheeler-sales-in-germany-up-35-during-first-9-mos-of-2011.aspxWe mentioned this a few weeks back, but now it's making the rounds. Make sure to visit Guidos page for more info on the market sales.
On the flip side he's also reporting falling sales in the main market in Europe Italy. Both Italy and Spain are devastated since the younger riders 15-20 year olds have no jobs, hope, and face unemployment of over 40%. Meaning the sector that the scooter industry once relied on in the South of Europe is now pushing Bicycles instead of motorized units that require gasoline. It's a really sad state of events that has repercussions across the industry.
I have no clue what is going on in the UK since many of the dealers we used to sell to during the boom years have gotten out of scooters. Back in 2005-2007 MRP had over 20 dealerships mostly in the car business that were getting into scooters. Once car and used car sales went back up the car dealers abandoned the Chinese scooters and went back to car sales. Now a few key players are undergoing the same changes the US experienced with the Chinese unit drop shipping price wars. It can't be good, but it only leads me to believe that Europe will now see the consolidation of the industry the US saw in 2008 - 2010. On a personal note our business has been all about consolidation for if you don't help the dealers find parts and consumers find parts lawsuits, lemon law fights, and all sorts of chaos occurs. Consumers end up paying the price because the judicial system and the banks don't care if your vehicle distributor is going out of business, by the time the government steps in to help distributors its too late and you have thousands of people who can't get to work because they can't find parts for their vehicles. To my knowledge there are no bail-outs for motorcycle or scooter companies only for banks and automobile giants. Sadly we see the same happening in Europe right now that we experienced.
2-WheelerSales in Italy Slip 16.5% During First 9 Mos. of 2011
Motorcycle, scooter and moped sales inItaly during the first nine months of 2011 totaled 288,690 units, down16.5% compared to 345,921 units retailed during the same nine-month period in2010, says industry group Confindustria ANCMA.
Motorcycle sales during the first ninemonths of the year totaled 75,176 units, down 10.6% compared to 84,104 unitsduring the same nine-month period in 2010; Scooter sales totaled 152,028 units,down 18.6% compared to 186,764 units; and Moped (sub 50cc) sales totaled 61,486units, down 18.1% compared to 75,053 units during thecomparable period in 2010.
Permalink: blog.guidoebert.com/2011/11/02/2-wheeler-sales-in-italy-slip-165-during-first-9-mos-of-2011.aspxUK2-Wheeler Sales Slip 1.7% During First 9 Mos. of 2011
Motorcycle, scooter and moped sales inthe UK during the first nine months of 2011 totaled 78,126 units, down1.7% compared to 79,493 units sold during the same nine-month period in 2010,says the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA).
Motorcycle sales during the first ninemonths of the year totaled 51,567 units, down compared to 55,601 units duringthe same nine-month period in 2010; Scooter sales totaled 15,039 units, upcompared to 12,497 units; and Moped (sub 50cc) sales totaled 11,520 units, upcompared to 11,395 units during the comparable period in 2010.
U.S.Cycle & ATV Sales Fall 5% During First 9 Mos. of 2011
Powersportsdealers in the United States sold 527,410 new motorcycles, scooters andATVs during the first nine months of 2011, down 5 percent compared to 555,440units sold during the first nine months of 2010, according to figures compiledby the Motorcycle Industry Council(MIC).
Scootersales during the first nine months of the year totaled 27,474 units, up 17.2%compared to 23,432 units during the same nine-month period in 2010; On-HighwayMotorcycle sales totaled 269,386 units, up 1.6% compared to 265,095 units; DualSport sales totaled 22,821 units, up 14.3% compared to 19,969 units;Off-Highway Motorcycle sales totaled 51,057, down 15.3% compared to 60,256units; and ATV sales (excluding SxS vehicles) totaled 156,672 units, down 16.1percent compared to 186,688 units during the comparable period in 2010.
TheMIC follows new retail sales of 20 leading brands representing more than 75% ofthe market. Brands include Aprilia,Arctic Cat, BMW, Buell, Can-Am, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Husaberg,Kawasaki, KTM, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio, Polaris, Suzuki, Triumph, Vespa, Victoryand Yamaha.
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