Ducati have revealed that 2021 was their best sales year on record with 59,447 motorcycles sold worldwide.
The figure is an impressive 24% up on 2020, which was heavily impacted by Coronavirus but also a massive 12% up on 2019.
The best-selling model was the Multistrada V4, a new addition to the range in 2021 with 9,957 units sold in 12 months around the world.
"2021 was a magical year for Ducati," said CEO Claudio Domenicali. "We delivered over 59,000 motorcycles, a number never achieved before in 95 years of the company's history.
"We also won the title of MotoGP Constructors' World Champion for the second consecutive year, and we started the electric era of our company with the V21L prototype, which foresees the bike that will race in the MotoE championship from 2023."
New bike sales have bounced back brilliantly so far in 2021 – although September did see a slight slowdown compared to the same month in 2020.
Sales to date have stormed to an impressive 86,431 – that is 13.4% up on the first nine months of 2020 and a healthy 3% up on a (pre-Covid) 2019.
September 2020 saw bumper sales as pent-up demand and new bike arrivals resulted in a sales boom. Even though this September saw new bike sales drop by 6% on 2020, it was still up slightly on 2019 figures, which is a more accurate comparison.
Adventure bikes, customs and scooters have seen the biggest growth with the BMW R1250GS still Britain’s best-selling big bike.
Honda’s PCX125 fought back against Yamaha’s NMax 125 in September to claim top spot in the 125cc scooter class while Triumph’s Speed Twin soared to the top of the Modern Classic category.
Sales of electric bikes continue to soar with a 97% uplift this year compared to 2020 in September.
And for the year so far, there’s been a massive 170% hike with over 4000 electric machines snapped up in 2021. By far the biggest area of growth is in 1-4Kw machines (50cc petrol equivalent) used by commuters to avoid public transport.
