Table 39: Quantity and value of L-Category Vehicles by engine capacity, part 3

Tables 8 & 9 give a more extended and detailed picture of the market from 2001 to 2008. This tables yield the Prodcom data for the value of production and quantity of goods produced since 2001, for EU 15 and then for EU 27. The production is broken down in detail motorcycles and scooters by engine capacity.

3.6. PTW Price development over time

The consumer price indices from EuroStat have data for all EU 27 countries in a category ‘Motor cycles, cycles and animal drawn vehicles’. The following table illustrates prices on an annual base from 2000 to 2008.

As a practical example of how prices have changed over time, an OEM has provided an example of price development over time for a popular 1200 cm³ motorcycle with standard fittings. The prices include VAT. The company name is with-held for reasons of confidentiality.

3.7. Sales of PTWs

In line with the automotive industry, the PTW industry was affected by the economic crisis in the final quarter of 2008 and also again in 2009. The market in 2008 decreased by 7.4 % on a year by year basis over 2007. In the first quarter of 2009, PTW sales were down 37 % on the same period in 2008.

Few countries have taken demand measures to stimulate the sales of new vehicles, Italy being the main exception. Italy has put a scrapping scheme in place: vehicles with low cylinder capacity benefited from a € 500 contribution for scrapping obsolete vehicles. This had a positive effect on the market. However, sales still decreased by 20 %. Spain has adopted a motorcycle scrapping scheme in July 2008 but this has not been implemented. Between January and August 2009 in Spain Moped sales were down by 52 % and PTW sales were down by 43 % on the same period in 2008 .

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