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It’s January 2024, so at this time now we have a number of gross sales numbers tales for you. Please be aware that not all producers essentially publish their numbers on the similar time, so we are able to solely current the numbers which have been made public on the time of writing.

BMW Motorrad Celebrates Achieving Its Highest-Ever Sales Volume In Company History In 2023

BMW Motorrad proudly introduced world deliveries of 209,257 whole bikes and scooters to prospects all through 2023. That’s 3.1 % greater than the identical interval in 2022, numbers which the agency says at the moment are its highest gross sales achievements in firm historical past.

Europe, Asia, and Latin America have been main components within the model’s gross sales success in 2023. Here are a few of the figures recorded, damaged down by nation. 

What have been the best-selling bikes within the BMW lineup for 2023? The R 1250 GS, GS Adventure, and R 1300 GS bought 60,535 models worldwide. Other robust contributors to those monster gross sales figures embody the S 1000 R, S 1000 XR, S 1000 RR, and M 1000 RR. Together, the 4 cylinder fashions bought 25,194 models worldwide. 

But we can also’t neglect the F and G sequence, which collectively bought 62,834 models. The CE 04, C 400 GT, and C 400 X scooters additionally elevated in gross sales quantity, bumping as much as a complete of 20,460 models worldwide. That’s a rise of 17.9 % over 2022 volumes, giving BMW additional purpose to have fun in its anniversary yr.

Royal Enfield Total Sales Rose By 11 Percent In 2023

To cap off December 2023, Royal Enfield and mum or dad firm Eicher Motors reported each its month-to-month and its year-to-date gross sales figures. Typically, the model retains its reporting easy. Categories embody fashions beneath 350cc, fashions above 350cc, whole gross sales, and worldwide enterprise (which is each recorded individually and likewise included within the whole gross sales figures).

In December 2023, Enfield bought 55,401 fashions at or beneath 350cc, which is 10 % fewer bikes than the 61,223 it bought in December 2022. However, the corporate additionally bought 7,986 fashions with engine capability over 350cc, which represents an 11 % improve over the 7,177 bikes bought  in that class throughout December 2022.

Internationally, Enfield bought 6,096 bikes in December 2023, which is a 29 % drop over the 8,579 bikes it bought in December 2022. The whole gross sales for December 2023 was additionally down barely, at 63,387 bikes bought. That’s a seven % drop over the 68,400 models bought in December 2022.

However, one month is rarely the entire story. From April 2023 by December 2023, numbers total are principally nonetheless optimistic as in comparison with the April 2022 by December 2022 time interval.

For the yr up to now, Enfield’s gross sales of 611,947 bikes with engine capability as much as 350cc continues to be a 13 % improve over the 540,589 bikes in that class that it bought in 2022. While it is true that the 73,112 bikes with engine capability over 350cc that it bought in 2023 is a 4 % drop over the 75,781 it bought in 2022, its whole 2023 year-to-date determine continues to be 685,059. That’s an 11 % improve in gross sales year-on-year over the 616,370 whole models bought for a similar interval in 2022.

TVS Motors Reports 25 Percent Sales Growth In December 2023

As TVS Motors plans its expansion into Europe, it is attention-grabbing to see how its gross sales fare alongside the way in which. Overall, the corporate recorded December 2023 gross sales of 301,898 models, as in comparison with the 242,012 it bought in December 2022.

Worldwide, it recorded gross sales of 290,064 two-wheelers in December 2023, a rise of 27 % over the 227,666 it bought in December 2022. This consists of each bikes and scooters. That additionally consists of the 11,232 electrics it bought in December 2023, as in comparison with the 11,071 electrics it bought in December 2022.

Furthermore, TVS additionally notes that its exports rose by a complete of eight % in December 2023, which certainly bodes properly for the long run.

Suzuki Motorcycle India Sees 24 Percent Sales Growth In December 2023

Suzuki Motorcycle India introduced whole December 2023 gross sales of 79,483 motorbikes, which represents a powerful 24 % development year-on-year because the similar interval in 2022. It didn’t give additional particulars as to which have been its best-selling fashions. However, it did be aware that it bought 69,025 of these motorbikes domestically inside India, along with exporting 10,458 to different nations.

Honda Motorcycle And Scooter India Reports 27 Percent Sales Growth Year-On-Year In December 2023

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India recorded whole gross sales of 317,123 two-wheelers in December 2023, which represents a 27 % improve over the 233,151 models it bought in December 2022. Exports rose an especially spectacular 82 % to 31,022 models year-on-year. Domestic gross sales, in the meantime, caught to a extra modest 23 % in development, to 286,101 models for a similar time interval.

Bajaj Auto Records 14.5 Percent Sales Growth In December 2023

Bajaj Auto reported gross sales of 283,001 two-wheelers in December 2023, which is a 14.5 % improve over the 247,052 it bought in December 2022. What about numbers year-on-year? So far, yearly gross sales in December 2023 are as much as 2,811,206 as in comparison with 2,717,434 bought over the identical time interval in 2022.

Bajaj didn’t break its numbers down additional by mannequin, so now we have no strategy to know the way a lot the introduction of the Triumph Speed 400 might have affected these numbers. Hopefully someplace additional down the road, we’ll have further perception into these numbers to share.