EU motorcycle registrations +10 percent for first eight months of 2015According to the latest Europe-wide data released by ACEM (Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles), the Brussels based international motorcycle industry trade association for Europe, new motorcycle registrations grew by +10.2% during the first eight months of 2015 on a year-on year basis. A total of 676,842 motorcycles were registered in EU markets between January and August 2015, against 613,945 during the same period of 2014.
Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all of Europe's key "Big Five" markets, namely Spain (91,683 units, +22.%), the UK (74,527 units, +15.9%), Italy (133,588 units, +9.1%), Germany (127,196 units, +7.3%) and France (114,396 units, +0.9%), accounting for 88 percent of all EU new motorcycle registrations for the first eight months of 2015.
ACEM’s 2014 annual data shows total EU motorcycle registrations at 798,328 units (up by some 60,000 units over 2013) and at 842,203 units for EU and EFTA markets combined (also some 60,000 units up on 2013).
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