Italy - motorcycles +11.49% to April 2022
The new year started strongly in Italy with motorcycle registrations +23.32% (7,756 units) and +27.81% (10,534 units) for January and February respectively.
However, the latest available data from ANCMA - the motorcycle industry trade association in Italy - show motorcycle sales growth appearing to soften for March at +16.81% (14,494 units) and down to -6.48% for April at 13,885 units. Aside from 2020, this was the second highest for an April in Italy for a decade.
Total PTW registration data for the first four months in Italy confirm a downward trajectory, with February (-4.87%. 18,352 units), March (-3.51%, 28,014 units) and April (-8.86%, 27,430 units) all down and the market down by -3.45% YTD. At 87,602 units for the first four months, though, it is still higher than the same period in 2019, and (2021 aside) the best first four months in Italy since 2011.
Of that 87,602 total, scooter sales in Italy for January to April were -16.24% at 40,933 units with motorcycles at 46,669 (+11.49%).
The Benelli TRK 502/X was the top selling motorcycle YTD (2,293 units) and in fourth spot overall, behind Honda's SH 125/150 and the Kymco Agility 125 R16. The BMW R 1250 GS is the second best selling motorcycle (1,589 units), followed by the Ténéré 700, Africa Twin, Multistrada V4/S and Moto Guzzi V7.
For the record - Italy was again the largest market in Europe in 2021 with motorcycle registrations + 26.49% (119,079 units) compared to 94,141 units in 2020 - the best for more than a decade. Total PTWs were +23.58% for the 2021 full year with a massive 270,232 total units sold - also the best for over a decade (218,677 units in 2020, 231,985 in 2019). The bestselling motorcycle in Italy in 2021 was the Benelli TRK 502/X (6,543 units).
