Motorcycle market, ANCMA: over 200.000 registrations in the first half of the year, 2023 soars to +16,8%

Il Italian two-wheel market The motor industry is experiencing a moment of great growth as confirmed by the data released by Confindustria ANCMA (National Association of Cycle and Motorcycle Accessories) which records the ever-increasing interest of Italians in motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. A growing interest that is reflected in +16,8% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year.

Magri (ANCMA): “Sector that has increasingly greater economic importance”

An increase that the president of ANCMA Paul Magri comments thus: “The new demand for mobility that comes above all from urban centers and the desire for freedom and passion that motorcycles are able to satisfy are increasingly the two cornerstones of a market that continues to grow despite global uncertainties, residual supply difficulties and the inflationary surge. The protagonism that two-wheelers have regained in post-Covid mobility is therefore confirmed and strengthened and this – adds Magri – shines a further spotlight on the economic relevance of our sector and on the need to take more careful account of the needs of our users" .

In the ANCMA note, the association also requests that "the funds advanced last year for electricity be allocated to the 2023 financial year so that the overall allocation for purchase incentives is not exhausted prematurely and can count on continuity structural capable of improving the effectiveness of the instrument and supporting a still young but very promising market".

June +4,84%

The growth of the motorcycle market is characterized by a month of June which, with 42.839 vehicles registered, closed with a rise of 4,84% compared to the same month in 2022. In June they are the scooter to drive sales, thanks to an increase of 11,57% equal to 23.592 registered vehicles. Good performance motorcycle: +5,13% (16.932 registered units). Setback for the mopeds which, also due to the negative trend of the electricity market, recorded a decline of 35,87% (2.315 vehicles registered). 

Over 200.000 registrations in the first six months of 2023

The June numbers allowed the two-wheeler market to close the first half of the year with double-digit growth: + 16,88 % with 201.922 pieces sold. Scooters dominate the scene, grossing a quarter of the volumes more than in the first half of 2022 (+24,93%) and numbering 102.470 vehicles. Motorcycles also recorded an excellent performance: +13,10% and 89.450 units, while mopeds, which pay four negative monthly payments in the first six months of the year, stopped at -14,14% and 10.002 vehicles placed on the market. 

Minicar, in June +16,31%

The food sector also grew in June minicar, with an increase of 16,31% equal to 1.305 vehicles sold, while growth in the first half of the year is more limited: +3,28%, with 6.868 units registered. Driving the quadricycle sector are the electric vehicles (58,2% of the entire market), which up to June still grew by 17,93%, equal to 3.999 units.

The electricity market is slowing down

As regards the electric two-wheeler market, after two months of growth in June there was a significant decline: 1.600 vehicles compared to 3.541 in 2022, i.e. -54,82%. The balance sheet for the semester is also more contained, but largely negative, recording a decline of 20,38% and 7.237 units.