A total of at least 902,791 powered-two and three-wheelers were registered during the first eight months of 2016 in the EU, according to the European manufacturers’ organisation ACEM. This represents an increase of 3.3% compared with the 874,075 vehicles registered during the same period of 2015. Registrations performed positively in most of the key European markets including Italy (+10.6%, 167,540 units), Spain (+8.6%, 111,204 units), UK (+5.6%, 85,409 units) and Germany (+2.5%, 130,437 units). They remained stable in France (-0.1%, 173,588 units).
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Motorcycle registrations in the largest EU markets – France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – grew by 6.4% during the first eight months of 2016, compared to the same period of 2015, reaching more than 576,180 units. The strongest performance was recorded in Italy (+12.2%, 150,028 units), followed by Spain (+9.4%, 100,297 units), the UK (+6.9%, 79,872 units), Germany (+2.5%, 130,437 units) and France (+1%, 115,548 units).
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