There are only 13 four-cylinder engine units, delivering power outputs ranging from about 60 to 170 nominal horsepower, that in 2024 equipped the most registered traditional tractors in Italy — specifically those belonging to the utility, farm, and multipurpose categories. These three classes together account for a total of over 2,600 machines
Analyzing the rankings published each year by Macchine Trattori — which allow readers to identify the most registered tractors in Italy — it becomes clear that, in the segment of traditional (non-compact) tractors — the latter often purchased by part-time farmers rather than by professionally managed farms — the core of registrations is represented by machines delivering power between 60 and 170 nominal horsepower. More precisely, those classified as utility, farm, and multipurpose tractors.
In fact, summing up the volumes reported in 2024 for tractors belonging to the aforementioned categories — identified by the codes “B”, “C”, and “D” — shows that they represent a total of over 2,600 units out of approximately 4,070 traditional tractors with power above 60 horsepower. By comparison, only 423 units belong to the ten best-selling high-power tractors of 2024, class “E”, while just 173 can be defined as super-tractors, being equipped with engines delivering more than 300 horsepower — class “F”.
This situation is explained by the strongly family-based nature of most Italian farms, which typically operate on plots averaging less than 15 hectares in size and therefore neither require very high power to manage their business effectively nor possess the financial capacity to invest in top-performance machines.
It is therefore clear that if the 2,600 medium- and low-power tractors represent the technical and performance standard of Italian agriculture, the same can be said for the engines that power them — only 13 units in total, present in varying proportions as shown by analyses of the main engine brands in the sector. The table lists the performance specifications of these engines and, for each brand, the unit associated with the highest number of registered tractors.
Title: Four-cylinder engines, the medium-power bestsellers
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