Market reports – A lenient summer for the French motorcycle and scooter market – The market is slower

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A mild summer for the French motorcycle and scooter market

Market reports - A lenient summer for the French motorcycle and scooter market - The market is slower

The summer of 2012 was generally lenient with the French motorcycle market: the 27,243 motorcycles and scooters (125 cc and over) sold in July and August limited the decline observed since the start of the year.. Summer review of the motorcycle and scooter market.

The market takes it easy

In July 2012, 16,299 motorcycles were registered in France, followed by 10,944 additional units in August, for a total of 27,243 motorcycles and scooters of 125 cc and more. Over the two months of the summer holidays last year, the sum reached 28,041 immates: the difference is therefore limited to 798 units.

As a percentage, the decline in sales is only -2.8% and moderates the decline observed since the start of the year: it fell from -9.1% over the whole of the first half (read our) to -7.7% at the end of the first eight months.

At the beginning of July, however, the case was far from being heard: the rains and thunderstorms of the first two weeks undoubtedly penalized sales of motorized two-wheelers and everything raised fears of a second gloomy summer. Fortunately, the sun and summer temperatures once settled in, the activity was obviously able to resume.

In terms of calendar, the month of July 2012 was favorable for business since it had two additional working days compared to July 2011, and the national holiday fell on a Saturday rather than a Thursday – favorable to the bridge – last year..

The month of August 2012, abundantly sprinkled with sun – phew – and having the same number of working days as that of 2011 (22 days), kept the pace. Among large cubes, the eighth month of 2012 can even be qualified as good thanks to a general increase of + 7.8%.

In this category of "more than 125 cc", Yamaha, Honda, KTM and Piaggio act as good students by clearly improving their scores from last year, while Suzuki continues its infernal descent.

In 125 cc, the needle always tilts on the negative side but it tends to straighten out: -12.6 then -13.5%, compared to the general drop of -18.5% observed over the first eight months in small displacement. This summer, Piaggio, Kymco and Sym posted the best progressions. To be confirmed this return !

To discover all the figures, tables, graphs and analyzes of the motorcycle and scooter market for the months of July and August 2012, click on the following page.

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