According to the latest data released by ANCMA (the Milan based motorcycle industry trade association for Italy), new motorcycle registrations were approximately “flat” for April 2017 at +0.13 percent (9,928 units) and are running at +0.11 percent for the year-to-date at 30,989 units.
Allowing for mopeds and low cc scooters, total PTW registrations in Italy were -9.85 percent in April (21,494 units) and are running at -2.01 percent (66,889 units) for the first four months of the year.
For March, motorcycles were +14.29 percent (10,775 units), with total PTW’s +2.17 percent (45,383 units).
The top selling motorcycles in Italy so far in 2017 are BMW’s R 1200 GS (1,381 units); Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ (1,269 units); Yamaha’s MT-09 ‘Tracer’ (1,019 units); BMW’s R 1200 GS ‘Adventure (1,006 units); Honda’s NC 750 X (979 units); the Ducati Scrambler 800 (913 units); and Yamaha’s MT-09 (739 units).
In sector growth terms the Touring (+13.14 percent, 5,004 units) and ‘Naked’, the largest sector by style (+10.36 percent, 11,083) markets, are showing the strongest growth; Enduro models were -11.89 percent (9,708 units) for the year-to-date.
The top selling Scooters in Italy so far in 2017 are Honda’s SH 10, 300 and 125 variants (3,832, 3,242 and 3,067 units respectively) and Piaggio’s Beverly 300 ABS and 300 non-ABS (2,273 and 1,447 units).
The 126-200cc sector has seen strongest growth in power-band terms so far this year at +17.76 percent (8,580 units); with all other sectors down except for the 751-1000cc market (+3.12 percent, 10,384 units) and over 1000cc market (+1.73 percent, 9,114 units). The biggest market in Italy in displacement terms remains the 251-500cc market (15,248 units, down -2.92 percent YTD).
For 2016, motorcycle registrations in Italy were +21.49 percent at 75,936 units, a third straight year of growth; total PTW registrations were +13.26 percent for the full year at 193,814 units – also a third straight year of growth (the Italian market having fallen to a low of 153,933 total PTW registrations in 2013). Scooter registrations were +117.88 percent for 2016 at 117,814 units.
