Honda produce their one millionth SH scooter

September 19,2024

Honda’s Atessa factory, founded in the Abruzzo region of Italy in 1971, has reached an impressive milestone, having produced one million SH scooters. That’s an impressive number in itself, but the Atessa factory didn’t start producing the SH models until 1996. That means in the 11 years of SH production in Italy, they’ve averaged almost 100,000 scooters a year! The SH range was introduced in 1984 with the SH50 moped, which was built in Belgium until production moved to Atessa 12 years later. TOP STORIES Cheap scoots: Honda SH125 vs Kymco Agility City Would you ride a hybrid motorcycle? Honda Monkey 125 concept appears in the metal Ducati Experience comes to MCN Festival with 45 bikes! WSB: MCN’s exclusive Donington Park ticket offer The move to Atessa also saw the introduction of an updated SH50, as well as a new SH100. Now, the Atessa factory builds all three models in the SH range; the SH125, SH150 and SH300. The SH125, Europe’s best-selling scooter in 2016 selling over