Italian motorcycle registrations +18.30 percent for the first 10 months of 2016The latest data released by the Italian motorcycle industry trade association (ANCMA, Milan) shows new motorcycle registrations for the first ten months of 2016 up by +18.3 percent at 69,300 units for the year-to-date. In October, the market was worth 3,859 new motorcycles, +12.7 percent.
Total PTW registrations were +11.5 percent (177,084 units) for the first 10 months of 2016; in October total PTWs were +4 percent (11,305 units).
Scooter sales were +7.5 percent for the first 10 months of the year at 107,784 units sold. The largest scooter market is for 125cc machines, which account for 39,897 of all scooter sales in Italy, +12.5 percent over the first 10 months of 2015. Next largest is the 300 – 500 cc sector, at 33,735 units, which is up by +4.8 percent. The high-value 500cc+ maxi scooter market is up by +3.7 percent at 8,028 units. The 150 to 250cc scooter market in Italy was +5.1 percent for the first 10 months of the year (26,124 units).
The top selling motorcycles in Italy so far this year are the BMW R 1200 GS, the Honda ‘Africa Twin’, Honda’s NC 750 X and Ducati’s Scrambler 800.
In unit number terms, the largest market sector in Italy in the first ten months of the year was the ‘Naked’ style bike market, which at 24,573 units was up by +21.1 percent over 2015, followed by the Enduro market (22,863 units, +27.00 percent over 2015). Supermotard models are +37.2 percent on low volumes (2,607 units); tourers are up by +3.3 percent (8,223 units).
