THE MOTOR INDUSTRY OF JAPAN 2019

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MotorcyclesProduction ● MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTION● TRENDS IN MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTIONx 1 million units● MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTION BY ENGINE 　 CAPACITY IN 2018In vehicle unitsOver 50cc895,5991,030,8222,493,9102,014,8501,343,220951,803636,546298,549108,41787,513104,93690,88674,94076,56966,43899,319130,149140,921197019751980198519901995200020052009201020112012201320142015201620172018 In vehicle units021.510.52009Year101112131415161718TotalOver 50cc50cc & UnderTotal651,884(100%)126cc-250cc61,658(9.5%)Over 250cc389,854(59.8%)50cc & Under140,921(21.6%)51cc-125cc59,451(9.1%)Motor-Driven Cycles Class 1(50cc & Under)1,407,2051,887,7012,181,2061,373,423686,7341,038,938630,221260,34357,42480,63064,50739,56927,67031,52930,88631,46533,66559,451259,145331,733660,831469,728270,304217,738297,433279,274125,384108,950104,63691,92588,10893,53676,94573,19478,99361,658385,723552,2911,098,577678,346506,637544,760851,191953,419353,676387,082365,108373,093372,591395,424348,125356,558404,176389,8542,052,0732,771,7253,940,6142,521,4971,463,6751,801,4361,778,8451,493,036536,484576,662534,251504,587488,369520,489455,956461,217516,834510,9632,947,6723,802,5476,434,5244,536,3472,806,8952,753,2392,415,3911,791,585644,901664,175639,187595,473563,309597,058522,394560,536646,983651,884114.484.3143.8112.7100.4101.0107.3103.052.6103.096.293.294.6106.087.5107.3115.4100.8Motor-Driven Cycles Class 2 (51cc-125cc)Mini-Sized Motorcycles(126cc-250cc)Small-Sized Motorcycles(Over 250cc)SubtotalTotalChg. (%)YearNotes: 1. KD sets have been excluded since 1979; they represent less than 60% of the cost of compositional components per vehicle and have been treated as components since 1988. 2. “Chg. (%)” means change from the previous year (with the previous year’s result indexed at 100).Source: Japan Automobile Manufacturers AssociationMotorcycle Production Totals 652,000 UnitsOverall domestic motorcycle production in 2018 rose 0.8% over the previous year to 652,000 units. Class 1 motor-driven cycles (50cc and under) increased 8.3% to 141,000 units and Class 2 motor-driven cycles (51cc to 125cc) surged 76.6% to 59,000 units, but mini-sized motorcycles (126cc to 250cc) decreased 21.9% to 62,000 units and small-sized motorcycles (over 250cc) dropped 3.5% to 390,000 units. The combined total for larger motorcycles (all those over 50cc) slipped 1.1% to 511,000 units.18