Yamaha leads Australian off-road sales to begin 2016
First quarter sales figures released by the FCAI.
Image: Greg Smith (iKapture).
Yamaha has ranked as the highest selling off-road manufacturer in Australia during the first quarter of 2016, as motorcycle sales in total are up by 1.6 percent over the same period of last year.
With a 29.1 percent share of the 7832 off-road motorcycles sold in Australia between January-March this year, Yamaha’s top-seller was the WR450F leading the way in enduro, while the YZ450F and YZ250F were 1-2 in motocross.
FCAI CEO Tony Weber said that the figures provided a positive start to 2016: “Yamaha led the volume race in the off-road motorcycle market with 29.1 percent of the total sales of 7832. Yamaha was followed by Honda with 23.4 percent of sales and KTM was third, selling 17 percent.”
The total market was measured at 24,994. Overall Honda was the leading volume manufacturer with 5512 units sold or 22.1 percent, followed by Yamaha with 4995 units (20 percent market share), Kawasaki with 2684 units (10.7 percent market share), Suzuki with 2,395 (9.6 percent market share) and Harley-Davidson with 2286 (9.1 percent market share).
Top 10 combined off-road models sold (JAN-MAR 2016):
1. Yamaha WR450F 529
2. Honda CRF50F 358
3. Honda CRF110F 279
4. Kawasaki KLX110 257
5. Honda CRF230F 243
6. Yamaha YZ450F 243
7. Suzuki DR-Z400E 234
8. Yamaha PW50 216
9. Yamaha YZ250F 211
10. Suzuki Trojan 195
Top 10 motocross models sold (JAN-MAR 2016):
1. Yamaha YZ450F 243
2. Yamaha YZ250F 211
3. Kawasaki KX450F 160
4. Honda CRF250R 135
5. Kawasaki KX250F 135
6. KTM 450 SX-F 116
7. KTM 65 SX 110
8. KTM 250 SX-F 100
9. Suzuki RM-Z250 100
10. Suzuki RM-Z450 95
Top 10 enduro models sold (JAN-MAR 2016):
1. Yamaha WR450F 529
2. KTM 500 EXC 128
3. KTM 350 EXC-F 127
4. KTM 300 EXC 115
5. Yamaha WR250F 88
6. KTM 450 EXC 83
7. Husqvarna TE300 71
8. Suzuki RMX450Z 70
9. Yamaha WR250R 70
10. KTM 250 EXC-F 53
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