Outboard engine sales last year rose to the highest annual volume in two decades, with 330,000 units sold, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association’s Outboard Engine Sales Trends abstract.
It is the ninth consecutive year of growth in the segment and an 18 percent increase compared with 2019, according to the NMMA.
“The heightened interest in boating amid the COVID-19 pandemic helped to propel outboard engine sales to historic levels last year, as more Americans took to the water, whether on a new boat or repowering a preowned boat with a new engine,” NMMA Director of Business Intelligence Vicky Yu said in a statement.
Click here to see the full report from Jeff Moser in Trade Only Today.
