Italy motorcycle scooter market March 2023: registrations

Motorized two-wheelers mark +26.6% on an annual basis in March. The first quarter grows by a quarter compared to 2022. The new entries Honda Hornet and Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650 do well

Alexander Shepherd

April 04, 2023

The race for motorized two-wheelers continues: in March motorcycles, scooters and fifties show growth of 26.6% over the same month last year. And the data on monthly registrations, released by Confindustria Ancma (National Association of cycle-motorcycle accessories), also reaffirm the trends of recent months, which see a double-digit increase in scooters and motorcycles accompanied by a decline in mopeds and self-propelled vehicles electric. On the latter area, in particular, Ancma underlines in the press release the request to the Government to allocate the funds not used in 2022 for purchase incentives, currently frozen, to the overall economic endowment for this year. The goal is to help the zero-emission market reach a more significant numerical maturity, not just in percentage terms.

month

Sales volumes grew by a quarter (+26.66%) in the month of March compared to the same period of 2022. The scooter sector continues, as anticipated, to drive the market, recording 17,777 units corresponding to a growth of 31 .5%. Motorcycles also did very well, with 18,221 registered vehicles, marking an increase of 25.82%. The only negative segment is that of mopedswhich lose 5.72 percentage points and total 1,548 units sold.

2023, so far

The double-digit growth of the market continued in the first quarter of the year: 64,689 vehicles were in fact put on the road, equal to an increase of 27.61%. Even in the annual cumulative, the most significant performance is that of scooters, which register 39,811 vehicles and grow by 45.39%; the performance of motorcycles was also excellent, with 38,976 units registered and an increase of 18.99%. In negative for three consecutive months, mopeds closed the first quarter with a loss of 17.3% and put 3,763 vehicles on the market. Electrics are also bad, with 2,808 pieces and -17% on an annual basis.

top 10 bikes

Here are the top 10 best-selling motorcycles of Q1 2023:

1. Honda Africa Twin (1,525 units)

3. Benelli Trk 502 X (1.126)

4.Yamaha Tracer 9 (1.080)

5. Yamaha Ténéré 700 (757)

6. Ducati Multistrada V4 (680)

9. Bmw R 1250 GS Adventure (629)

10. Moto Morini X-Cape (600)

top 10 scooters

Below are the best-selling scooters of the first quarter of 2023:

1. Honda SH 350 (3,433 units)

3. Honda X-Adv 750 (2.587)

6. Kymco Agility 125 R16 (1.725)

7. Honda Forza 350 (1,558)

8. Piaggio Liberty 125 (1,528)

9. Piaggio Beverly 300 (1.405)

10. Piaggio Beverly 400 (1,068)



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