International Dealer News IDN 137 June/July 2017 | Page 9
STAT ZONE
Italy – new motorcycle registrations +3.09 percent
for first five months of 2017 Italian registrations - May 2017
2016
+13.91%
30,000
TOTAL
L PTW
P
terms so far this year at +14.98
percent (11,798 units); with the
201-250cc market down by -
50.95 percent (1,490 units). The
601-750cc market is +7.89
percent (10,643 units YTD), the
751-1000cc market is +3.71
percent (13,769 units) and the
over 1000cc market is +4.54
percent YTD (12,298 units). The
biggest market in Italy in
displacement terms remains the
251-500cc market (22,645 units,
+4.08 percent YTD).
+12.32%
10,000
20,000
and the 350 non-ABS Beverly
(1,930 units); Yamaha sold 1,198
units of the 300 TMAX variant
and Honda sold 1,168 units of
their X-ADV 750.
The top selling motorcycles in
Italy so far in 2017 are BMW’s R
1200 GS (2,029 units); Honda’s
CRF 1000 ‘Africa Twin’ (1,641
units); Yamaha’s MT-09 ‘Tracer’
(1,335 units); Honda’s NC 750 X
(1,334 units); the Ducati
Scrambler 800 (1,218 units); and
BMW’s R 1200 GS ‘Adventure
(1,213 units).
In sector growth terms, the
Touring (+13.36 percent, 6,433
units) and ‘Naked’ (the largest
sector by style, +10.88 percent,
15,429 units) markets are
showing the strongest growth;
Enduro models, the second
largest in Italy by styling sector,
were -4.56 percent (13,300 units)
for the year-to-date, with
sportsbike models +6.83 percent
(2,293 units).
The 126-200cc sector has seen
strongest growth in power-band
According to the latest data
released by ANCMA (the Milan
based motorcycle industry trade
association for Italy), new
motorcycle registrations were up
by + 12.32 percent in April
(11,928 units), having been
approximately “flat” for April
2017 at +0.13 percent (9,928
units), they are now running at
+3.09 percent for the year-to-
date at 42,230 units.
Allowing for mopeds and low cc
scooters, total PTW registrations
in Italy were +13.91 percent in
May (28,630 units), having been
-9.85 percent in April (21,494
units) and are now running at
+2.37 percent (95,612 units) for
the first five months of the year.
Scooter sales are +1.82 percent
for the period January to May
inclusive, at 53,409 units;
Honda’s SH 150/300/1256
variants are the top sellers
(14, 225 units between them);
followed by Piaggio’s Beverly
300 ABS (3,406 units), the
Yamaha TMAX 500 (2,093 units)
2017
MOTORCYCLE
For 2016 motorcycle
registrations in Italy were
+21.49 percent at 75,936 units, a
third straight year of growth;
total PTW registrations were
+13.26 percent for the full year
at 193,814 units – also a third
straight year of growth (the
Italian market having fallen to a
low of 153,933 total PTW
registrations in 2013). Scooter
registrations were +117.88
percent for 2016 at 117,814
units.
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