Over 12 percent more motorcycles sold in 2014 – Driving Dutchman

Over 12 percent more motorcycles sold in 2014 – Driving Dutchman

Although 2014 car sales was a bad year, there are well over 12 percent of new motorcycles sold in the same year. This is evident from final figures of RAI, BOVAG and RDC / CBS Mobility Information.

A total of 10,354 motorcycles sold at 9239 in 2013. This increase is partly due to a cautious recovery in consumer confidence and several interesting new models. Also, the relatively warm weather contributed to this increase

What is striking is that 1 in 7 new models was a motorscooter (1,369 units; 3.5 percent more than in 2013).. Also, in addition to these scooters are also another 445 three-wheel motor scooters registered, such as the Piaggio MP3 car featured recorded and with a B license may be controlled. Compared to the 233 new ones in 2013, this concerns almost doubled. It seems that following the example of several other countries in Europe, the scooter also comes here daily driver

The top 3 best selling motorcycles looks for the Netherlands as follows:.
1 . BMW (1863 pcs / 17.9 percent market share), 2. Yamaha (1336 / 12.9 percent) and 3. Honda (1300 / 12.5 percent)