BEST YEAR EVER FOR EURO MANUFACTURERS
On some counts , 2021 was another crappy year , but for BMW and Ducati , it was a year to celebrate . Despite the rather up and down year ( to say the least ), both Ducati and BMW Motorrad are trumpeting record sales for 2021 , with more new bikes reaching customers than ever before . Ducati in particular had a stellar 2021 with growth up 24 % over 2020 and 12 % up on 2019 ’ s figures . In total , the firm from Borgio Panigale delivered 59,447 new bikes around the world in 2021 , up 11,405 bikes on 2020 . The Multistrada V4 was by far the biggest-selling and mostloved bike for Ducatisti in 2021 with 9957 motorcycles delivered to customers . The Ducati Scrambler 800 family followed with 9059 units and the Monster with 8734 motorcycles sold .
“ 2021 was a magical year for Ducati ”, Ducati CEO , Claudio Domenicali said . “ 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 . The pandemic , which is still underway , in addition to generating so much suffering , has also made activities more complex , forcing us to conduct a continuous internal reorganisation . Supply chains created delivery delays for which I want to apologise to all Ducatisti , thanking them for their patience . Despite all
BMW motorcycle sales leapt this last year with over 60,000 GS and GS-A models flying out the door
these difficulties , the desire to excel of our employees here in Borgo Panigale and in our subsidiaries around the world helped us to achieve these record results . We are investing in an extremely ambitious growth path that will lead the company to improve even further , by entering new market segments . With the DesertX we will have from this year on an extremely attractive proposal for adventure fans , and other ambitious projects are currently in development .” Over in Germany BMW was also celebrating
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