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Most motor vehicles are bought new: 2022 results

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The segment of motor vehicles is the only one in the automotive market of Ukraine in 2022, where sales of new vehicles make up the absolute majority. According to the results of the year, more than 61% of them were purchased. The experts of the Institute of Car Market Research determined in which regions motorcycles and mopeds are most often bought, as well as the top 25 brands in the domestic market, among "freshly driven" and new vehicles of this category.

Dynamics of the motorcycle market

In December, Ukrainians bought 1,483 units of new and used motor vehicles. This is -53.4% less than December 2021 and -37.9% less than November 2022.

In total, during 2022, Ukrainians purchased 47,500 motorcycles and mopeds. This is -26.2% less than in 2021.

Of the total number, 94.3% (60.8 thousand) were motorcycles, and 5.7% (3.7 thousand) were mopeds.

The majority of motor vehicles ( 61.6%, 39.7 thousand) were purchased new in 2022. Thus, this segment has become the only one where the absolute majority is sales of new vehicles.

On the domestic market, Ukrainians bought 26.6% of the total number of motorcycles and mopeds (17.2 thousand), and used 11.7% (7.6 thousand) units of motorcycle equipment were brought from abroad.

Dynamics of motorcycle sales in Ukraine, December 2021 — December 2022

During 2022, the motorcycle market peaked in June. This is due both to the seasonal increase in sales of these vehicles, and to some extent to the fuel crisis that lasted during this period.

Which regions buy the most motorcycle equipment?

In 2022, the largest number of new and used mopeds and motorcycles were registered in the city of Kyiv (4.1 thousand), which accounted for 8.6% of the total number. Another almost 4,000 vehicles of this category ( 8.3% ) were registered in the Kyiv region.

The third place in the rating was taken by the Lviv region (3.5 thousand, 7.3% ). The Rivne region was on the fourth step (3.4 thousand, 7.2%), while the Odesa region rounded out the top five leaders (3.2 thousand, 6.8% ).

The number of motorcycle sales in the regions of Ukraine, 2022
  1. city of Kyiv — 4,083 pcs.
  2. Kyivska — 3,946 pcs.
  3. Lvivska — 3,482 pcs.
  4. Rivne — 3,422 pcs.
  5. Odesa — 3,214 pcs.
  6. Dnipropetrovsk — 3,187 units.
  7. Volynska — 2,526 pcs.
  8. Zakarpattia — 2,113 pcs.
  9. Sumy — 1,953 units.
  10. Poltava — 1,952 units.
  11. Vinnytsia — 1,940 pcs.
  12. Khmelnytska — 1,851 pcs.
  13. Cherkasy — 1,847 pcs.
  14. Chernihivska — 1,682 units.
  15. Ivano-Frankivsk — 1,571 units.
  16. Zhytomyrska — 1,555 pcs.
  17. Chernivtsi — 1,417 pcs.
  18. Kirovohradsk — 1,401 pcs.
  19. Ternopilska — 1,283 units.
  20. Mykolayivska — 1,048 units.
  21. Kharkiv — 1,015 pcs.
  22. Zaporizhzhia — 544 pcs.
  23. Luhansk — 198 pcs.
  24. Donetsk — 157 pcs.
  25. Khersonska — 154 pcs.

TOP of the most popular motorcycle brands in the domestic market

The most popular motorcycle brand in the domestic market in 2022 was Honda (2.1 thousand).

The second place was taken by Yamaha (1.7 thousand), and the third — Suzuki (1 thousand).

The Ukrainian brand Geon (822 units) is on the fourth step, while Kawasaki (686 units) rounds out the top five.

The most popular motorcycle brands in the domestic market in 2022
  1. HONDA — 2,120 pcs.
  2. YAMAHA — 1,708 pcs.
  3. SUZUKI — 1,026 pcs.
  4. GEON — 822 pcs.
  5. KAWASAKI — 686 pcs.
  6. LIFAN — 590 pcs.
  7. BAJAJ — 556 pcs.
  8. VIPER — 417 pcs.
  9. BMW — 406 pcs.
  10. JAWA — 390 pcs.
  11. SHINERAY — 370 pcs.
  12. LONCIN — 344 pcs.
  13. MUSSTANG — 317 pcs.
  14. HARLEY-DAVIDSON — 297 pcs.
  15. SPARK — 289 pcs.
  16. FORTE — 242 pcs.
  17. KMZ — 227 pcs.
  18. KOVI — 172 pcs.
  19. KTM — 150 pcs.
  20. IZH — 145 pcs.
  21. SYM — 108 pcs.
  22. DUCATI — 104 pcs.
  23. SKYBIKE — 98 pcs.
  24. HYOSUNG — 90 pcs.
  25. MMV — Z76 pcs.

TOP brands of imported used motorcycle equipment

According to the results of 2022, the leader of "freshly driven" motorcycles and mopeds was the Yamaha brand (1.9 thousand). Honda was in second place (1.5 thousand), and Suzuki (909 units) took third place.

The fourth place was taken by Kawasaki (301 units), and the fifth place by Harley-Davidson (239 units).

The most popular brands of used imported motorcycles in 2022
  1. YAMAHA — 1,878 pcs.
  2. HONDA — 1,473 pcs.
  3. SUZUKI — 909 pcs.
  4. KAWASAKI — 301 pcs.
  5. HARLEY-DAVIDSON — 239 pcs.
  6. BMW — 204 pcs.
  7. DUCATI — 59 pcs.
  8. TRIUMPH — 46 pcs.
  9. KTM — 38 pcs.
  10. APRILIA — 36 pcs.
  11. INDIAN — 22 pcs.
  12. PIAGGIO — 11 pcs.
  13. SYM — 9 pcs.
  14. KYMCO — 8 pcs.
  15. PEUGEOT — 8 pcs.
  16. HUSQVARNA — 6 pcs.
  17. HYOSUNG — 6 pcs.
  18. VICTORY — 6 pcs.
  19. GILERA — 5 pcs.
  20. MUSSTANG — 5 pcs.
  21. DAELIM — 4 pcs.
  22. SPARK — 4 pcs.
  23. FORTE — 3 pcs.
  24. LIFAN — 3 pcs.
  25. MBK — 3 pcs.

TOP brands of new motorcycle equipment

The first place among new motorcycles and mopeds in 2022 was taken by the Mustang brand (4.4 thousand). The Forte brand is in second place (3.5 thousand), and Spark is in third place (3.3 thousand).

Lifan (2.5 thousand) and Viper (2.4 thousand) also entered the top five.

The most popular brands of new motorcycle equipment in 2022
  1. MUSSTANG — 4,394 pcs.
  2. FORTE — 3,520 pcs.
  3. SPARK — 3,314 pcs.
  4. LIFAN — 2,516 pcs.
  5. VIPER — 2,406 pcs.
  6. BAJAJ — 2,003 pcs.
  7. SHINERAY — 1,878 pcs.
  8. GEON — 1,779 pcs.
  9. LONCIN — 1,227 pcs.
  10. KOVI — 600 pcs.
  11. TEKKEN — 563 pcs.
  12. FADA — 451 pcs.
  13. VDV — 432 pcs.
  14. SKYBIKE — 393 pcs.
  15. YAMAHA — 324 pcs.
  16. HONDA — 308 pcs.
  17. SPARTA — 302 pcs.
  18. BMW — 288 pcs.
  19. SENKE — 231 pcs.
  20. KTM — 230 pcs.
  21. MOTOLEADER — 214 pcs.
  22. SYM — 183 pcs.
  23. HORNET — 174 pcs.
  24. BSE — 130 pcs.
  25. VOGE — 125 pcs.

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