The latest data released by the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy (ANCMA, Milan) shows new motorcycle registrations there for the first three months of the year up substantially at +27.83 percent (20,998 units) compared to the first quarter of 2015.
In total PTW terms March was reported as being +17.12 percent (19,468 units), with the Italian market +23.91 percent for the first three months of 2016 at 44,333 units.
Scooter sales in Italy were +20.58 percent for the first three months of 2016 at 23,335 units.
For the full year 2015 new motorcycle registrations in Italy were up by +14.36 percent on 62,449 units - compared to 54,607 units in 2014.
The top selling motorcycle in Italy in March remained the BMW R 1200 GS (511 units March 2016, 3,222 units January - December 2015), followed by Yamaha's MT-09 Tracer (444 units in March, 2,618 units in 2015), with Honda's new CRF 1000L 'Africa Twin' the third best seller in Italy in March at 399 units.
Honda's NC 750 X was next with 330 units sold in March, followed by the Ducati Scrambler 800 (278 units in Italy in March, 2,476 units in 2015), BMW’s R 1200 GS Adventure (242 units in Italy in March, 2,006 units in 2015), and Yamaha's MT-07 sold 207 units in Italy in March.
The top selling scooter in Italy in March was Piaggio's Beverly 300 (643 units).
Of the high volume sectors, Enduro bikes reported the strongest growth in Italy for the first three months of 2016 at +43.11 percent (7,960 units), followed by Naked style bikes (+23.59 percent, 7,178 units).
The strongest growth in motorcycle displacement terms comes in the 751-1000cc market in Italy (+46.59 percent, 6,825 units) in the first three months of the year.
