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It looks like the financial crisis is finally blowing over in Europe. During the first 11 months of 2015, a total of 1.151.657 new motorcycles and three-wheelers were registered in the 28 European countries; an increase of 4.4% over 2014.
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Spain, the most badly hit during the financial/economic crisis, had the best results. They registered 138.590 units, an increase of 16,7% over 2014. This means more and more Spaniards are back buying new motorcycles and scooters.
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Of the big countries, the United Kingdom is second best, with 109.542 registered units, an increase of 12,7%. Italy had 190.405 units with 6,2% increase, while Germany had 176.711 new units, an increase of 3%.
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The biggest increase for all 28 countries is for Ireland, where they saw an increase of 30,6% in new registrations (a total of 1.232 units).
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Of the bigger countries, France was one of the bad students: they had an decrease of -4,2%, representing “only” 227.817 units. Other countries that had a decrease in the number of registrations: Austria (-5,2%), Croatia (-16,5%), Denmark (-2,3%), Estonia (-2,8%), Finland (-15,6%), Hungary (-2,3%), Latvia (-10,5%), Lithuania (-16,1%), Luxembourg (-6,8%) and Poland (-1,3%).
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Of the 1.1 million Powered Two Wheelers (PTW), 846.087 were motorcycles and scooters over 50cc, while 305.570 were 50cc mopeds (a decrease of 7%).
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