According to the latest data released by ANCMA (the Milan based motorcycle industry trade association for Italy), the Italian motorcycle market is bucking the trend seen in much of Europe, with new motorcycle registrations up by +34.59 percent in October (5,194 units), having been +35.14 percent in August 2017 (4,311 units) and +13.40 percent in September (5,898 units).
They are running at +11.74 percent for the year-to-date at 77,489 units so far in 2017.
Allowing for mopeds and low cc scooters, overall PTW registrations in Italy were +22.59 percent in October (13,909 units, having been -0.51 percent/16,371 units in September and +13.49 percent/11,729 percent in August). They are running at +7.91 percent for the year-to-date at 191,183 units for the first ten months of 2017.
Scooter sales in Italy are +5.45 percent for the period January to October at 113,694 units; Honda’s SH 150/300/125 variants are the top-sellers (28,742 units YTD between them); followed by Piaggio’s Beverly 300 ABS (6,938 units), the Yamaha XMax 300 (5,031 units) and the TMAX 500 (4,011 units).
