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 +6.72 percent in November (at 3,130 units) despite the Euro 3 issue, and were +34.59 percent in October, +13.40 percent in September and +35.14 percent in August 2017.
They are running at +11.53 percent for the year-to-date at 80,619 units YTD.
Allowing for mopeds and low cc scooters, overall PTW registrations in Italy were +4.18 percent in November (8,401 units), having been +22.59 percent in October (13,909 units), -0.51 percent (16,371 units) in September and +13.49 percent (11,729 units) in August 2017.
They are running at +7.78 percent for the year to date at 199,637 units.
Scooter sales in Italy are +5.37 percent for the period January to November at 119,018 units. Honda’s SH 150/300/125 variants are the top-sellers (30,018 units YTD between them); followed by Piaggio’s Beverly 300 ABS (7,236 units), Yamaha XMax 300 (5,224 units) and the Kymco Agility 125 R16 (4,308 units).
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.
