Confindustria ANCMA: clear recovery of the two-wheeler market in April

Confindustria ANCMA – Registrations of motorized two-wheeled vehicles April totaling 24.615 vehicles, equal to +14,1% compared to the same month of 2017. The scooter sector with 13.615 units achieved +17,3%, while motorbikes with 11.000 units followed with +10,4%, consolidating the positive trend. The "fifties" remain in decline, totaling 1.495 registrations, equal to -25,5%. The month of April accounts for approximately 12% of annual sales in Italy.

"The recovery in April was not a given after the setback in March and the first quarter of 2018 still marked a positive result. The peak seasonality of the coming months will be decisive for the performance of the entire year - he claims Andrea Dell'Orto, President of Confindustria ANCMA, National Association of Cycle Motorcycle Accessories -. The economic picture highlights some concerns due to the slowdown in industrial production, export problems and weaker domestic demand. The entire automotive sector represented a driving force, anticipating the recovery in demand also due to the necessary replacement of vehicles. Our sector hopes that a trade war will not be triggered with duties that damage the correct development of the market, particularly for Italian products in the United States. Our market could suffer setbacks due to political uncertainty and the lack of decision-making interlocutors. The objective is to prepare to provide all the support necessary to be protagonists in the sustainable mobility panorama. At the same time, it is necessary to guarantee safe conditions of use for all two-wheel enthusiasts who find themselves faced with inadequate and dangerous infrastructures every day.".

In first quarter of the 2018 the total of the Italian motorized two-wheeler market (registrations of scooters and motorbikes over 50cc, plus registrations of "fifties") reaches 76.030 vehicles, with an increase of +3,4% compared to the same period last year . This trend derives from an excellent result for motorbikes with 34.235 vehicles and a +10,3% and from a slight increase in scooters with 36.493 vehicles equal to +1,5%. Unfortunately, the crisis of the "fifties" is confirmed with 5.302 registrations and a -18,8%.
The analysis by displacement sees the central segment of scooters between 300 and 500cc as the largest, with 13.008 units equal to +6,3%. 125cc scooters follow closely with 12.826 vehicles equal to 3,2%. The category between 150 and 250cc declines and with 7.013 pieces suffers a -21,9%; finally, an excellent performance was recorded for maxi scooters over 500cc, with 3.646 registrations and a +57,9%. In the motorcycle sector, the leadership belongs to vehicles over 1000cc with 10.116 vehicles and a +10,9%; however, motorcycles between 800 and 1.000cc showed a decline with 8.972 units and -13,6%. In third place are motorcycles between 650 and 750cc with 5.399 units and -1,6% compared to 2017. The notable success for the 300-600cc continues with 5.635 units and +78,3%; limited but growing numbers for the 150-250cc with 1.064 bikes and a +30,9%; finally the 125cc with 3.049 pieces confirm the upward trend of +47,4%. The performance of the motorcycle segments rewards the naked ones with 12.974 units and a +16,5%, followed by the road enduros which are also growing with 11.401 units equal to +17,4%. Touring motorbikes were far behind in decline with 4.428 registrations and -11,2%; customs increased slightly with 2.073 sales and +1,8%. Sports cars with 1.889 motorbikes are recovering with +8,6%; finally, supermotards are positive with 993 units and +3,2%.