A total of 901,552 powered-two and three-wheelers were registered during the first eight months of 2015 in the EU, a 4.2% increase compared to the same period in 2014.

France remained the largest market, despite the 2.5% year-on-year decrease in registrations, with 173,711 units sold. In Italy registrations rose by 5.7% to 151,374 units, while in Germany registrations grew by 0.8% to 145,257 units. UK registrations grew by 13.3% to 80,639, while in Spain registrations rose by 20.4% to 102,358.

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Motorcycle registrations

Cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by 10.2% year-on-year during the first eight months of 2015. A total of 676,842 motorcycles were registered between January and August 2015, against 613,945 during the same period of 2014.

Year-on-year motorcycle registrations increased in all key European markets, namely Spain (91,683 units, +22%), the UK (74,527 units, +15.9%), Italy (133,588 units, +9.1%), Germany (127,196 units, +7.3%), and France (114,396 units, +0.9%).

Moped registrations

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A total of 224,710 mopeds were registered during the first eight months of 2015 in the EU, whilst 251,619 mopeds had been registered during the same period of 2014. This represents a decrease of 10.7%.

Registrations increased in Spain (10,675, + 8.0%), although they decreased in France (59,315 units, -8.6%), the UK (6,112 units, -11.3%), Italy (17,786 units, -14.3%) and Germany (18,061 units, -29.4%).