Une fois tous les deux ans, lors du Salon de la moto, Paris se met à l'heure du deux-roues. Cela tombe bien, le marché français a besoin d'un bon coup de starter. Alors que les ventes progressent en Europe, la France est à la traîne. Lors des neuf premiers mois de l'année, les ventes de deux et trois-roues à moteur (tous types confondus) ont augmenté de 4,4 % (1,01 million d'unités) dans l'Union européenne.

En revanche en France, elles ont régressé de 2,9 % (186.235 unités), selon les chiffres de l'Association européenne des constructeurs et importateurs de motos (Acem)... Continue reading in Le Figaro.

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Le Figaro - Les ventes de motos repartent en Europe sauf en France

 

The Skegness Annual Beach Race, which takes place on 7 and 8 November, is helping to extend the tourist season, according to a report by East Lindsey District Council. Last year’s race attracted over 20,000 spectators – the largest number to date.

The event is popular with both out of town visitors and local residents, injecting nearly 750,000 pounds into the local economy.

The race is organised by the Amateur Motorcycle Association (AMCA), a not for profit organisation which exists to promote grass roots participation in off-road motorcycle sport, particularly motocross. 

What local authorities think

Commenting on the event, Councillor Adam Grist, now Portfolio Holder for Market Towns and Rural Economy, said:

“Since the race first came to Skegness in 2010, AMCA has helped to provide a huge boost to the town at a traditionally quieter time of year – last year with upwards of 20,000 people attending the two day event.

“This provides an increased footfall in the town which supports local businesses, amenities and attractions with people staying, eating and shopping locally".

Town Manager Lisa Collins explained it was particularly helpful to seaside traders: “(The Race) is helping Skegness extend its traditional visitor season: it allows traders to remain open for an extra weekend, in particular the traditional seaside traders on the seafront”.

“It is key to the town’s future that we retain such events to actively promote Skegness as an all year round visitor destination.” 

Empowering local authorities to organise motor sport events

UK Government research informed last year’s decision to pass legislation making it easier for local authorities to stage their own motorsport events.

The UK Government press release which announced the introduction of new legislation included this statement from Roads Minister Robert Goodwill:

“Motor sport events are great fun, extremely popular and make a valuable contribution to the economy. Allowing local authorities to organise carefully managed motor sports events is great news for the industry and will potentially benefit local communities around Great Britain.”

More information

You can find out more about the beach race here: http://amca.uk.com/beach-racing/skegness-beach-race 

To learn more about MCIA and AMCA please contact Stevie Muir on +44 (0) 79 89 37 85 97 or email her at  

EICMA, the ‘Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori’, will host the 73rd edition of its Worldwide Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan between 17 and 22 November 2015.

The 2015 edition will include a space dedicated to EICMA’s latest safety campaign ‘Watch out for two wheelers’. 

This initiaitve is placed under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the government of the city of Milan and counts with the support of the Italian Foundation for two-wheelers.

The EICMA exhibition, which has been running for 100 years now, is one the motorcycle industry’s most important events. Every year manufacturers showcase their latest and upcoming models of motorcycles, mopeds, tricycles and quadricycles.

The 2014 edition of EICMA attracted about 628,600 visitors and about 6,940 media professionals.

To learn more about this event please visit http://www.eicma.it/

A total of 1,010,413 powered-two and three-wheelers were registered during the first nine months of 2015 in the EU.

This represents an increase of 4.4% compared to the 967,368 vehicles registered during the same period of 2014.

Registrations performed positively in Spain (116,475 units, +19.9%), the UK (94,248 units, +12.3%), Italy (168,831 units, 6.4%), and Germany (161,484 units, +2.7%). They decreased in France (196,434 units, -2.6%).

Motorcycle registrations

Cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by 10.1% during the first nine months of 2015 on a year-on year basis. A total of 752,251 motorcycles were registered between January and September 2015, against 683,173 during the same period of 2014.

Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all key European markets, namely Spain (104,349 units, +21.6%), the UK (86,972 units, +15.1%), Italy (148,554 units, +9.9%), Germany (137,186 units, +7.0%), and France (127,224 units, +0.4%).

Moped registrations

A total of 258,162 mopeds were registered during the first nine months of 2015 in the EU, whilst 284,195 mopeds had been registered during the same period of 2014. This represents a decrease of 9.2%.

Registrations increased in Spain (12,126, + 7.3%), although they decreased in France (69,210 units, -8.6%), the UK (7,276 units, -12.3%), Germany (24,298 units, -16.2%) and Italy (20,277 units, -13.6%).

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Documents available to download

ACEM - Statistical press release - September 2015.pdf [0.27 MB]

ACEM - Statistical data - September 2015.xls [0.25 MB]

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Press contact

For further information or to receive future market updates, news or press releases please contact Manuel Ordonez de Barraicua, ACEM communications officer. E.  T. +32 (0) 22 30 97 32.

During the ACEM annual conference in Brussels, PEN met with automotive leader Stephan Schaller to discuss the outlook for two-wheeled vehicles. 

Focused on developments in the L-category vehicle – motorcycles, mopeds, tricycles and quadricycles – market place, and the impact of EU initiatives, the event centred on the importance of innovation in industry, mobility planning and European policy making. Indeed, issues such as innovation funding, EU projects, electromobility and market measures were high on the agenda... Continue reading in Pan European Networks.

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Pan European Neworks - Two-wheeled outlook. Inteview with BMW President Stephan Schaller