According to latest data from Italian bike industry association ANCMA, overall powered two-wheeler sales in Italy dropped by 26.9 per cent to 108,065 units in the first half of 2013.
Detailed figures for June were slightly less severe. During the sixth month of the year, scooters were down by 18.7 per cent to 12,918 units. Motorcycles fell by 15.4 per cent to 5889 units. The 50cc moped sector plunged by 42.7 per cent to 4045 units.
ANCMA president Corrado Capelli said that the crucial factor undermining any possibility of market recovery is an ongoing collapse in consumer credit provision.