First Two Months 2009 Motorcycle Sales Figures
Yamaha registrations for the period fell 6 percent to 66,894 units, with its market share up to 29 percent from 25 percent. Third-ranked Suzuki fell 6 percent to 12,166 units, with its market share unchanged at 5 percent. Kawasaki registrations rose 37 percent to 2,064 units, with its 1 percent market share unchanged.
Tiger Motorcycle sold 161 units. The Malaysian brand JRD sold 353 units and China's Platinum 143 units. Other brands sold 1,152 units.
Family-type motorcycles dominated the market with registrations of 114,421 units in the first two months, helped by fuel-efficient engines. Registrations were still down 20 percent year-on-year, however.
Other categories - family-sport, sport, automatic transmission and off-road - maintained the same market shares.
In the first two months, automatic transmission motorcycles recorded 105,501 units for a 46 percent market share. Family-sport models sold 5,908 units (3 percent) and sport models 1,809 units (1 percent). Other categories recorded sales of 1,778.
The Honda Wave 100 remained the best-selling model at 55,198 units sold in January and February, followed by the Yamaha Fino at 41,564 and Honda Click at 33,167 units.
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