Scooter News Kymco, Australia's Choice Kymco, Australia's number 1 brand of scooters
Its official, KYMCO is Australia’s Number 1 brand in the Scooter market. According to official figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), KYMCO sold more Scooters in 2011 than any other brand. A total of 1641 eager riders joined the KYMCO fold in 2011.
Not only did KYMCO achieve the Number 1 Scooter sales position in 2011, it was also one of the fastest growing brands with a massive 27.5% increase in Scooter sales over the 2010 result.
KYMCO’s sales success in 2011 was not limited to the Scooter segment with the tough and reliable ATV range achieving a massive 32.9% sales increase over 2010.
Commenting on the result, David Le Mottee, Chief Executive Officer of KYMCO Australia and New Zealand, said: “I am excited with such an impressive result for KYMCO. This result reflects great product offerings along with the hard work and dedication from the KYMCO team and our dealer network”.
“This result is proof that our strategy of providing premium products and greater value to our customers was the right approach. KYMCO has always built high quality Scooters, Motorcycles and ATVs which are backed by a committed dealer network and more and more customers are discovering this.”
“KYMCO is now firmly established in the Australian market and we look forward to continuing our success in 2012,” said Le Mottee.
ABOUT KYMCO
KYMCO headquarters are located in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, with the company manufacturing in five plants across Asia. Over 17 per cent of the substantial workforce is dedicated to research and development alone, including the development of products tailored specifically for the unique Australian and New Zealand markets. Established in 1963, KYMCO has grown into one of the world’s largest manufacturers of power driven products.
KYMCO is distributed in the Oceania region by Standard Motor Australia who is part of a distribution arm of a large private equity company based in the Asia Pacific. This family-owned (and non-public listed) company has many and varied business interests across the globe in the automotive, truck, marine, power equipment, IT and property development industries.
published 16/01/2012 |