The latest data released by the Italian motorcycle industry trade association (ANCMA, Milan) shows new motorcycle registrations for the first six months of 2016 up by +21.63 percent at 49,431 units for the year-to-date.
Total PTW registrations were +6.10 percent in June (23,086 units) and are +15.89 percent (116,424 units) for the first six months of the year.
The scooter market in Italy was up by +11.99 percent for the first six months of the year at 66,993 units.
The top selling motorcycles in Italy so far this year were BMW’s R 1200 GS (2,380 units), the Honda ‘Africa Twin’ (2,364 units), Honda’s NC 750 X (1,861 units), Yamaha’s MT-09 ‘Tracer’ (1,836 units) and Ducati’s Scrambler 800 (1,525 units).
The largest market sector in Italy in the first half of the year was the ‘Naked’ style bike market, which at 17,253 units was up by +22.9 percent as a share of the overall motorcycle market, followed by the Enduro market (16,403 units, +32.79 percent).
