An almost positive month of October for the motorcycle market
The motorcycle and scooter market in France closed the month of October 2013 with a decline of -3.2%. Sales of large engines, boosted by the arrival of new products, are up (+ 7.6%) but those of 125 cc continue to decline (-19.5%). Balance sheet.
An almost positive month of October
Isn’t that nerd? Only 350 registrations were missing in October 2013 to equal the score for October 2012. In all, 10,585 motorcycles were registered last month against .
The slight decline of -3.2% in October (for the same number of working days, 23) nevertheless hides a new fall in "125 cc motorcycles and scooters" and a rebound in the larger engines: respectively -19, 5% and + 7.6%.
"On average in France, precipitation was above normal by nearly 10%"Observes Meteo France." Scootomobilists were therefore not really tempted to use their scooter last month … and even less to replace it with a new model !
Conversely, "With a temperature 1.9 ° C higher than normal, this October is the 6th hottest October since 1900"… Before the cold sets in France, the bikers – the real ones! – therefore put on their rain gear to pick up their new motorcycle at a dealership..
Whatever the weather, however, traffic jams in major cities continue to be rife. This is great news for the future of motorized two-wheelers … provided they are equipped with heated aprons and grips. !
If the traffic index of TomTom – the company claiming the status of "world leader in location and navigation products and services"-, two French cities were in the Top 10 of the most congested cities in the world in the second quarter of 2013: Marseille and Paris !
This index is obtained by comparing the journey times measured during a non-congested period and those measured at peak traffic. "The difference is expressed as a percentage increase in travel times", explains TomTom.
Tied with Palermo (40%), Marseille is therefore included in the Top 5 of the least passable cities by car behind Moscow (65%), Istanbul (57%), Rio de Janeiro (50%) and Warsaw (44%). Paris points to a "good" eighth place, tied with Rome and Stockholm (36%).
In France, the Top 10 dominated by the Phocaean city and the capital is completed by Lyon and Nice (31%), Bordeaux (28%), Toulouse (26%), Montpellier (25%), Strasbourg (24%), Nantes and Lille (21%). So many cities where faith of Site, any brand of scooters that respects itself must imperatively be established !
Find all the figures, graphs and analyzes of the MNC Report for the month of October 2013 on the following pages.
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