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Well aware of a number of customers and fellow scooter enthusiasts that they have in Ukraine , some of them from Vespa Club Ukraine , Ralf Jodl and the team at SIP Scootershop in Germany have donated € 3,000 to " Médecins sans Frontières ". Many Vespa scooter riders in Ukraine are joining in the relief effort with food and medicine deliveries ; www . sip-scootershop . com
Ever since the gravity of the Russian invasion of Ukraine became apparent , and the west started to apply meaningful sanctions , most major western brands and corporations have reconsidered their position with regard to business in and with Russia . Polaris Industries / Indian Motorcycles and Harley- Davidson have suspended their operations there . In the past , Russia ' s President Vladimir Putin has used Harleys to virtue signal righteous machismo , having been photographed riding Harley-Davidson bikes ; he has also been known to join a gathering of bikers - including in Ukraine ( in 2010 ).
Ducati has reported 59,447 motorcycles sold worldwide in 2021 - its best ever year and + 24 % over 2020 and + 12 % over 2019 . It reports double-digit growth in all major countries including the United States , which regains the place of top market ( 9,007 units sold , + 32 % on 2020 ), with Australia + 50 % compared to 2020 . They were + 23 % in Italy ( 8,707 sales ), German sales were 6,107 units (+ 11 % on 2020 ) and 4,901 units in China (+ 23 %). The Multistrada V4 is its best-seller in 2021 ( 9,957 units sold ), followed by the Ducati Scrambler 800 family ( 9,059 units ) and the Monster with 8,734 motorcycles sold .
Europe - 2021 key market registrations surpass 2019
The latest data from ACEM , the Brussels based international motorcycle trade association for Europe , shows full year 2021 new motorcycle and scooter / moped registrations in Europe ' s key markets ( ICE and Electric combined ) as now being above the pre-pandemic levels reported for 2019 . Motorcycle registrations in five of the largest European markets ( France , Germany , Italy , Spain and UK ) rose by + 7.8 % compared to 2020 . A total of 949,470 motorcycles were registered in the main European markets in 2021 , compared to 880,763 units in 2020 . Almost all the main national motorcycle markets registered volume gains in 2021 . Italy remained the largest European market with a total of 269,600 vehicles registered ( with a staggering + 23.6 % growth on a year-on-year basis ). France , the second largest market , grew + 8.5 % ( 206,955 motorcycles ), whilst Germany , the third largest motorcycle market in Europe , saw a decrease 300,000 of -9.7% ( 199,132 motorcycles ) - partly 250,000 compensating for the extremely positive and 200,000 counterintuitive results seen there in 2020 . 150,000 The Spanish and UK motorcycle markets 100,000 grew by + 8.0 % ( 166,513 units ) and 50,000 + 10.2 % ( 107,270 units ) respectively . Moped registrations in the six European moped markets monitored by ACEM ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands and Spain ) reached a total of 264,807 units . This figure represents a decrease of -5.6 % compared to the same period in 2020 . Electric motorcycle registrations ( all L-category vehicles ) were + 28.2 % in Europe ' s ' Big FIVE ' markets at 23,084 units . Italy is the largest electric L-category vehicle market in Europe at 6,233 units (+ 10.9 %) in 2021 , with Spain second ( 5,494 units / -6.5 %), France third ( 4,585 units /+ 61.0 %), Germany fourth ( 3,541 units /+ 30.1 %) and the UK fifth with 3,231 units
190,742
+ 8.5 %
206,955
FRANCE
220,426
-9.7 %
199,132
GERMANY
218,091
ITALY
(+ 243.4 %). Commenting on the current situation of the sector , Antonio Perlot , ACEM Secretary General , said : " The registration figures for the year 2021 confirm the recovery of the market , after the impact of COVID-19 in the first months of last year . If we look at motorcycle and moped registrations combined , the key European markets have grown continuously between 2019 and 2021 ." " Even more , if we consider the moped and the motorcycle segment separately , each of them had a higher number of registrations in 2021 than in 2019 . This upward trend for three consecutive years confirms the attractiveness of our vehicles is well present , even in the current context , both as urban mobility solutions and as leisure opportunities ." For more detailed registration statistics , see pages 6-7 >>>
Motorcycle Registrations January - December
+ 23.6 %
2021 2020
269,600
154,158
+ 8.0 %
166,513
SPAIN
97,346
+ 10.2 %
UK
107,270