motorcycle scooter market July 2022

Scooters at -9.2%, motorcycles at -7.5% year on year. The difficulty of the manufacturers in supplying the dealerships with the new vehicles requested by customers weighs heavily

Alessandro Pastore

01 August

The summer market for motorized two-wheelers in Italy oscillates between stagnation and setbacks, in percentage terms. After two months of essentially static trend, registrations of mopeds, scooters and motorcycles in July show a 7% decline compared to the same month of 2021. However, numbers that the sector does not read only in a negative way. The president of the association Paolo Magri explains this in the monthly Confindustria Ancma (National Association of Cycle Motorcycle Accessories). “What we are commenting again today – reads the note – is a scenario with which the sector has been living for a few months. We are not actually witnessing a worrying drop in demand for two-wheelers, but the consequences of global supply problems, which at this stage weaken the overall availability of vehicles and still distort the real potential of our market ”.

the market in July

A total of 32,897 new vehicles were put on the road in July, 7% less than in 2021, which could however count on one more working day. The scooter segment dragged the market down, with 17,046 vehicles registered and a decline of 9.2%. The loss of motorcycles was more contained (-7.5%), which number 13,185 vehicles. In contrast, the mopeds that, thanks to the thrust of the electric, grow by 12.5% ​​and record 2,666 units.

the trend of the year

It still holds the annual cumulative, which, with 205,732 units, marks a decline of 2.8%. The performance of scooters and motorcycles is different. While the former, in fact, collect a loss of 10.6% with 99,068 vehicles registered, motorcycles, thanks to the 92,356 registered vehicles, recorded an increase of 3.9% compared to 2021. Excellent performance of mopeds, which grew by 18.3% and place 14,308 units on the market.

electric

The race of electricians continues, which, in the month of July, grew by 79.4% and registered 2,184 vehicles. The annual cumulative trend was similar, with 11,356 vehicles placed on the market, corresponding to an increase of 81.7%. The scooter segment was particularly lively which, with 6,644 units, nearly doubled compared to the previous year (+ 97.4%).

top 10 motorcycles

Here are the 10 best-selling vehicles in the first seven months of the year:

1. Benelli Trk 502 X (5,277)

2. Bmw R 1250 GS (2,996)

3. Yamaha Ténéré 700 (2,077)

4. Ducati Multistrada V4 (1,882)

5. Bmw R 1250 GS Adventure (1.810)

6. Moto Guzzi V7 (1,808)

7. Keeway RKF 125 (1.801)

8. Royal Enfield Meteor 350 (1,674)

9. Honda Africa Twin 1100 (1,667)

10. Moto Morini X-Cape (1,640)

top 10 scooters

Here are the 10 best-selling scooters:

2. Kymco Agility 125 R 16 (5,800)

3. Honda SH 150 (5,399)

5. Piaggio Beverly 300 (3,940)

6. Honda SH 350 (3,824)

7. Honda Adv 350 (3,515)

8. Honda SH Mode 125 (3.090)

9. Piaggio Beverly 400 (3,065)

10.Piaggio Liberty 125 (3,023)



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