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Italian sales figures for the period Jan > May, 2019.
I was surprised to see that more KYMCO scooters were purchased, than Vespas.
Could it be that in that country "bang for the buck" Levi's wins over, say - Gucci?
As always - big wheel scooters as favored
Fish
Posted this also on this Vespa forum....kinda enjoy winding up the smug N. American Vespa group...

Kymco -v- Vespa isn't a like for like comparison.
Kymco -v- Piaggio would be though.

The big surprise is the PCX way down the list.

I thought Vespa was reaching new heights.

No wonder the scooter companies don’t really listen to the United States customers, it looks like they sold approx 40,000 scooters in six months over there, and we sell 20,000 scooters ALL YEAR here… In addition, it looks like our scooter sales are DOWN 35% over 2011… According to…

https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/u ... ales-2019/

gn2 wrote:Kymco -v- Vespa isn't a like for like comparison.
Kymco -v- Piaggio would be though.

The big surprise is the PCX way down the list.

Even the Honda sh 125 mode sold better which I think is better

Mode -v- PCX comes down to styling.
Me, of the two I prefer the PCX, but its good to have choices.