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    EURO MILLIONS

    Nov 02, 2018 5 minutes
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    Now is the time of year when motorcycle manufacturers crunch numbers and claim to be winners or admit to being losers – or something in between. Here’s a roundup of how the major European manufacturers fared in 2017.

    BMW: SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE ALL-TIME SALES HIGH

    BMW Motorrad has reported that its 2017 worldwide deliveries of motorcycles and scooters increased by 13.2% in the 2017 calendar year to 164,153 vehicles (versus 145,032 units in 2016), thanks to strong sales growth in Europe and Asia. With these new record annual sales, BMW Motorrad takes another step towards reaching its stated objective of delivering 200,000 units in the year 2020. Germany is once again the largest single market for BMW motorcycles and scooters, with 26,664 units sold there in 2017, a 7.1% increase over 2016 which allowed it to remain the market share leader in its home country. Indeed, the company’s

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