According to the latest data released by ANCMA (the Milan based motorcycle industry trade association for Italy), new motorcycle registrations were up by + 12.32 percent in April (11,928 units), having been approximately “flat” for April 2017 at +0.13 percent (9,928 units), they are now running at +3.09 percent for the year-to-date at 42,230 units.
Allowing for mopeds and low cc scooters, total PTW registrations in Italy were +13.91 percent in May (28,630 units), having been -9.85 percent in April (21,494 units) and are now running at +2.37 percent (95,612 units) for the first five months of the year.
Scooter sales are +1.82 percent for the period January to May inclusive, at 53,409 units; Honda’s SH 150/300/1256 variants are the top sellers (14,225 units between them); followed by Piaggio’s Beverly 300 ABS (3,406 units), the Yamaha TMAX 500 (2,093 units) and the 350 non-ABS Beverly (1,930 units); Yamaha sold 1,198 units of the 300 TMAX variant and Honda sold 1,168 units of their X-ADV 750.
The top selling motorcycles in Italy so far in 2017 are BMW’s R 1200 GS (2,029 units); Honda’s CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ (1,641 units); Yamaha’s MT-09 ‘Tracer’ (1,335 units); Honda’s NC 750 X (1,334 units); the Ducati Scrambler 800 (1,218 units); and BMW’s R 1200 GS ‘Adventure (1,213 units).
In sector growth terms, the Touring (+13.36 percent, 6,433 units) and ‘Naked’ (the largest sector by style, +10.88 percent, 15,429 units) markets are showing the strongest growth; Enduro models, the second largest in Italy by styling sector, were -4.56 percent (13,300 units) for the year-to-date, with sportsbike models +6.83 percent (2,293 units).
The 126-200cc sector has seen strongest growth in power-band terms so far this year at +14.98 percent (11,798 units); with the 201-250cc market down by -50.95 percent (1,490 units). The 601-750cc market is +7.89 percent (10,643 units YTD), the 751-1000cc market is +3.71 percent (13,769 units) and the over 1000cc market is +4.54 percent YTD (12,298 units). The biggest market in Italy in displacement terms remains the 251-500cc market (22,645 units, +4.08 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.
