Italian motorcycle registrations

Italy: Motorcycle registrations +9.83% January - August

The latest data released by ANCMA, the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy, shows the Italian market continuing to grow. Having been broadly ‘flat’ in June (-0.70 percent, 10,752 units), then up by +12.45 percent in July (10,196 units), August saw growth of +5.15 percent at 4,510 units (compared to 4,289 in August 2017).  Registrations are up +9.83 percent for the year-to-date at 72,964 units.

In total PTW terms, the Italian market was +2.10 percent in August with 11,976 units registered (having been +8.87 percent/26,382 units in July and -5.89 percent/27,496 units in June), which was the best August since 2011. The total for the YTD is running at +4.88 percent (168.736 units in total, compared to 160,884 last year).
Scooter registrations were 95,772 units for the period (+1.40 percent, compared to 94,448 last year). The top selling scooters are Honda’s SH 150/300/125, selling 22,063 units between then.
The top selling motorcycle YTD in Italy was the BMW R 1200 GS (3,180 units sold), followed by Honda’s ‘Africa Twin’ (2,859 units), the Yamaha ‘Tracer’ 900 (2,180 units), the R 1200 GS Adventure (1,941 units) and the Benelli TRK502 / 502X (1,671).
The 251-500 cc market remains the strongest overall with 45,568 units sold (representing +12.70 percent growth). The biggest motorcycle growth sector by volume in Italy changed from 251-500 cc to the under 125 cc market for the year to date; sales increased by +13.82 percent to 42,901 units. Sales of motorcycles over 1000 cc are also up by +5.80 percent (19,277 units YTD).