Scooter production at Honda's Atessa/Chieti (Abruzzo) factory in Italy has been suspended until further notice and a planned test launch for a new SH125 cancelled.
The company continues to bask in the glory of having produced over 400 million motorcycles and scooters, over 100m of them 'Super Cub' models, while continuing to garner plaudits for the CB4X inline four concept it unveiled at EICMA - a "blend of Sport and Touring with a healthy dash of Crossover from the imaginative pen of Valerio Aiello and his team of young designers".
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In March Honda announced an online world premiere for its CB-F Concept, which had been planned for appearance at the 36th Osaka Motorcycle Show 2020 and the 47th Tokyo Motorcycle Show; recent design awards include a Red Dot for the 2020 CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP.
For the three months ended December 31, 2019, Honda reported motorcycle segment revenue of 530,227m yen for a segment profit of 74,527m yen, up against revenue of 530,227m yen and profit of 69,537m yen in the year ago quarter.
For the nine months to December 31, 2019, Honda reported motorcycle segment revenue of 1,585,770m yen for a segment profit of 246,711 million yen, down against revenue of 1,610,740m yen and profit of 246,711m yen in the year ago period.
In volume terms, Honda reports Group Unit Sales of 15,038,000 PTWs worldwide for the nine months to December 31st 2019 (-4.1%); 186,000 of them in Europe (+5,000 units), 221,000 in North America (+5,000), 154,000 in Japan (-3,000) and 13,453,000 in Asia (-734,000).
