Seems the petrol price hike might be a pesky thing for automotive manufacturers worldwide, it's god given for others.
With many manufacturers turning their attention to small cars, hybrids or hydrogen (whatever) cars are forever cars, and in terms of petrol consumption, are no where near what motorcycles could offer.
Moreover motorcycles are immune to traffic jams, (except in countries where it's illegal for motorcycles to travel in between cars) allowing commuters to be on time, to be quick and efficient. Seems that's the case with consumers as car sells fell 13%, motorcycle sales jumped 22% in UK.
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Percentage increase in motorcycle sales in UK for the month of July 2008:
- 50cc and below - Up 35%
- 51cc to 125cc - Up 31%
- 651cc to 1000cc - Up 40%
- Scooters - Up 27%
- Moped - Up 34.5%
- Naked Motorcycles - Up 46.5%
- Enduro Bikes - Down 7.9%
- Honda - 2,011 units
- Yamaha - 1,860 units
- Suzuki - 1,486 units
- Yamaha - YZF R125 - 338 units
- Yamaha - YBR125 - 277 units
