Market reports – Motorcycle market: new drop in 125 and a little respite for large cubes – New drop in 125 and a little respite for large cubes

Motorcycle market: new drop in 125 and little respite for big cubes

Market reports - Motorcycle market: new drop in 125 and a little respite for large cubes - New drop in 125 and a little respite for large cubes

The French motorcycle market recorded a further drop of -11.4% in November compared to November 2008. The 125s are still the most affected with a drop of -19.8% while the large engines limit the breakage to -2.6%. Complete review.

New drop of 125 and a little respite for the big cubes

November 2009 had both one more working day and one less concession opening day (Tuesday to Saturday) than in November 2008. From a purely statistical point of view, we can therefore consider that these two months were comparable.

From a weather point of view, the last month of November was particularly mild but the very present rain, particularly in the northern half, could "cool" potential buyers. Without forgetting that the scores of 2009 are compared with those of 2008, which confirmed at the time the fears sensed at the start of the school year: the "crisis" is no longer only financial but global and affects countless sectors of activity. . including car and motorcycle.

As for November 11, it fell in the middle of the week (Wednesday) whereas in 2008 it had arrived a day earlier: were fewer French people to bridge this year to better fill the concessions? No…

9,533 motorcycles were registered in France in November 2009, which represents a drop of -11.4% compared to the previous year (read). We can only rejoice in the fact that this drop has moderated that observed since the start of 2009: -16.1% over the first eleven months.

But it is imperative to distinguish between registrations of 125 cc motorcycles and those of larger displacement: while the former register a further fall of -19.8%, the latter limit the breakage to only -2.6%..

Finally, within these two "markets" there are still significant and interesting disparities … Detailed results.

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