2012 KYMCO'S: PEOPLE GT, NEW SENTO & AGILITY CITY

December 12, 2011 - Filed under: Kymco | 2012 Models

2012 Kymco Scooters in USA & Canada - New People GT 200 / 300, Agility City and New Sento

Kymco’s 2012 line of scooter may be sorta old news, as they were announced at Kymco’s press event this summer in South Carolina. However, the full details are now out on all of these new scooters, the Motor Scooter Guide pages are written and Kymco Canada has recently made their announcement for 2012, so the topic of 2012 Kymco scooters can now be discussed in detail.

Hands down the biggest news for 2012 is the new People GT scooter, which is arriving in 200i & 300i sizes in the USA and just in the 200 variant to the Canadian market. Kymco has really stepped up with this new scooter that replaces the old People S. The new People GT models feature way nicer styling - perhaps the best yet from Kymco and certainly a big step beyond the previous People and People S lines.

These scooters also leap frog past the People S with their advanced new motors. The People S scooters used the same long running motors Kymco has been using for years, while the People GT 300 gets the new 4-valve fuel injected motor also found in the nice Downtown 300i model. The GT 200i scooter gets a new 205cc fuel injected 4-valve motor that it shares with the new smaller 200i sibling to the Downtown 300i. Accordingly, power and fuel milage are both much improved. Check out the People GT and Downtown pages for complete info on these great new models from Kymco.

Kymco Canada is only bringing in one People GT scooter (the 200i) and one Downtown model (300i), but they’ve gone a step beyond Kymco USA in a few other areas by introducing the new Agility City and New Sento models. The Agility City is a more fully featured and larger wheeled version of the cheaper Agility sold in the USA, while the New Sento is a fresh update on Kymco’s retro scooter model. Kymco USA is likely skipping the New Sento model because they are already offering the retro Like 50 & Like 200, which compete very closely.

The Agility City is only being sold by Kymco Canada in a 50cc 4-stroke size, but overseas Kymco makes countless variations. The New Sento is positioned as Kymco’s top of the line 50 with an updated fuel injected motor that makes about 20% more power and delivers improved MPG as well.

In the USA, quite a few older or redundant models were dropped for 2012 to make way for these new scooters. Kymco USA has axed the Sting 50 (similar to the Like 50), the 4-stroke Super 8 50 (being outsold by the 2-stroke 50) and the Grandvista 250 and Xciting 250 are gone with the Downtown 300i filling this spot.

Kymco Canada had a less congested line up to being with, so the only casualty for 2012 is the older Sento 50 which is replaced by the New Sento scooters.