The final statistics have been released by FIEV for 2005, which show that Triumph were big winners in the French bike market last year, with a 56% increase in sales. Around 3050 Triumph machines were sold in France last year, with the Speed Triple being the best seller in the Triumph range, with 565 Sprint ST models going out of the door. Triumph France boss Christophe Couet, estimates that 1000 Scrambler models will be also snapped up this year.
The over 125cc sector of the French market accounted for 110,000 units in 2005, up around 6% year on year and apart from Triumph other marques who did very well included Harley-Davidson, BMW, KTM, Kawasaki and Honda, who all posted healthy increases in bike sales, although Honda saw a drop in its sub 125cc class sales.
French manufacturer Voxan isn't expected to be a major player in their home market in 2006, after laying off a substantial part of its workforce in December. The latest prediction from Voxan is that they will sell only a few hundred units in 2006 across France
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