Ducati North America on Thursday announced record sales for 2012 — the company's best year in the market, with a 21% increase over 2011 in total sales of motorcycles and a 42% jump in its apparel division.
[For the Record, 7:20 a.m., Jan. 17: An earlier version of this post stated that Ducati North America showed a 42% increase in total sales of motorcycles in 2012. The increase was 21%]
Tipping his hat to the American "Ducatisti," Chief Executive Cristiano Silei thanked passionate Ducati fans for driving 2012 U.S. sales up 21% over 2011. The region is, for the second year in a row, the Italian motorcycle company's biggest market.
"One out of every four Ducati motorcycles sold [worldwide] is sold in North America," Silei said. "It's a love story."
