International Dealer News IDN 137 June/July 2017 | Page 20

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Honda’s Atessa factory
makes its millionth SH
Honda’s original SH50 started
production in Belgium in 1984
The second generation SH100 was
produced at the Atessa factory when
it opened in 1996
Honda’s Atessa factory, founded in the
Abruzzo region of central Italy in 1971,
has reached a historic milestone - the
production of one million units of the
perennially popular SH scooter series.
The SH story began in 1984 with the
production - in Belgium - of the SH50
‘motorino’ moped. Manufacture of the
second generation SH50, and the new
SH100, moved to Atessa in 1996.
Honda’s main European manufacturing
plant has remained the home of SH
production ever since and now makes
all three currently available SH models:
the SH300, SH150 and SH125.
The SH125 model has been produced
at Atessa since 2001 and was Europe’s
best-selling scooter in 2016 with over
17,000 units sold. The latest version of
the SH125 went into production in
December 2016 and features LED
lights front and rear, remotely
The 2017 SH 125 –
along with the SH
150 and 300, Honda
sold 17,000 SH
scooters in 2016
operating Smart Key and new styling
that is even more refined and
sophisticated, while retaining a classic
SH look.
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