Scooters 368 Urban Range Test of Zontes: Acertain Strategy
Cotton does not deceive. Zontes sales figures in what we have of 2025 are simply spectacular. Just presenting the first member of the 368 range, 368g, has managed to increase the first position in Scooter sales between 250 and 500 cm3 between January and April of this year, with almost 800 units more than the second classified, the Honda Adv 350, which in turn improves its sales compared to 2024.
Not only that, but 368G sales represent 28.8% market share among all scooters between ¼ liter and ½ liter. A year ago, Zontes appeared in the sixth position in the Top Ten for brand sales in the same period. 12 months later and after the first 4 months of the year 2025, it occupies the first position. If we take into account that the four Scooter 368 that we bring you today come to replace the 350m, 350D and 350E (note that a model is added, the 368K), everything indicates that Zontes still has a margin of improvement.
That Zontes’s strategy is successful is obvious. Therefore, it has not taken to use the new 368 engine in the medium -displacement Scooter range, perhaps the most appetizing by balanced, by combining the best of 125 cm3 in terms of volume and weight, with the ability to roll on open roads that allows a engine of more than 350 cm3.
Test Urban range of scooters 368 of Zontes: a range, three platforms, five models, many rivals
The 368 engine, first used in 368g, is the most powerful in its category with 38.8 hp at 7,500 rpm and 40 nm of maximum torque at 6,000 rpm, very respectable figures, which allow excellent benefits to a scooter Adventure It weighs 203 kg in gear order.
The four new scooters are subdivided into two platforms. The sporty maintains the nomenclature in the 368m and 368 D. both weigh 175 kg in the gear order, less than 368g. The GT platform continues with model 368E and adds 368k, both 10 kg lighter than 368g. The differences between platforms mediate in dimensions, weight, fork route and wheelbase, that is, habitability, behavior, load capacity and benefits.
They not only share the engine between them, there are more common elements. Both the D/M platform and the E/K use the same braking equipment: 276 mm front disc with 40 mm -piston radial juan and rear disc with 1 piston clamp. Together with the two -channel ABS, they get a really good braking capacity in power and touch.
Connectivity is common to the four models using the global zontes, which contains many functions and “Mirroring”. There is still more common equipment: traction control, tire monitoring (temperature and pressure), parking brake and adjustable handles.
The needs of each user will be the ones that determine which platform choose, while their tastes will be the ones that decide which model to buy, because there is no difference in dynamic behavior or benefits between the models that share platform.
Only a brand with the production capacity that Zontes has is able to double the offer by model and offer such a wide range. The reason is not capricious: it is based on the fact that each user can find the model that adapts to their needs and tastes, that is, to buy what you buy, be a zontes. There are sales lists and market share.
His rivals are numerous. Some also unfold from the same platform, such as the BMW C400X (34 hp, € 7,250) and BMW C400GT (€ 8,290). Others swing between the GT and sports conception. There are the Honda Forza 350 (29 hp, € 6,350), Yamaha X-Max 300 (28 hp, € 6,499), Suzuki Burgman 400 (29 hp, € 8,695), QJ Motor Fort 4.0 (34 hp, € 5,499), Kymco vs 400 (33.39 hp, € 6,999), € 6,999), € 6,999), € 6,999), € 6,999). 300 (26 hp, € 5,799) or the Sym Maxsym 400 (34 hp, € 6,999), Piaggio Beverly 300 (25.8 hp, € 5,099), Piaggio Beverly 400 (35.4 hp, € 6,099) or the Voge SR4 max T (34 hp, € 5,787).
Urban range of scooters 368 of Zontes: the sports platform (m/d), technical characteristics and how it goes
The raison d’être of the Zontes 368m and 368d is pure effectiveness. Its weight/power ratio (4.51 kg/cv) is better than that of the Yamaha Tmax (4.65 kg/cv), but weighing 44 kg less. If you want to do pole at any traffic light, this is your platform. What differences are there between 368m and 368d zontes?
The 368m Zontes maintains the manga/alien look of its predecessors, 350m and 310m, all aggressive through straight lines and sharp strokes. On its front, grooves stand out as a gill and the radiator grid, in the wheel pass, which together with a smoked anecdotal size screen, confer an aesthetic of the most racing. The hexagonal front optic is integrated between the screen and the front, as well as the flashing, safe from possible falls.
The 368D keeps the zontes look, but in an environment of softer, avant -garde and sophisticated curved lines. It also has gills on its front, but in the opposite direction that in 368m. Its dome is also smoked and merely decorative and its optics, developed with Osram, are housed on the daytime lights, which are those that define the sharp look.
The rest of the elements are common: brakes, measures (seat at 760 mm from the ground), wheels (in measures 120/70-15 in front and 140/70-14 behind) and weight. But what really determines the behavior is 1,405 mm between axes, which confer to the M/D platform a devilish agility, hence the 37 mm telescopic fork is essential with double beija to provide stability to the set. The steel frame has been reinforced with respect to 350m and 350 D, with new motor anchors, which improve high speed stability.
Both enjoy loading capacity for a comprehensive helmet, with a padded compartment to prevent it from being ray. They also share the splendid color TFT screen and a double running (A and C) in the glove compartment. Retroilumine pineapples are usual in Zontes and are also shared with the E/K platform.
Hence there is some button without function, such as the electric screen, contingent in sports. Finally, they coincide in the price: € 4,787, a very competitive figure that improves the path started with 368g, more profusely equipped by its adventurous characteristics.
As soon as I put my controls, I was surprised by the thrust of the engine. It accelerates a lot, as much as it uses only 6.22 seconds in the 0-100 km/h, but at the same time it is perceived soft in its thrust. That speed of acceleration (and recovery) but soft but soft, along with the double shell, gives perceived rolling quality. The posture is really comfortable, although the handlebar is perceived a bit close.
With my 178 cm tall, I found myself very comfortable in motion and standing. Although I could try both for photo sessions, I did almost all the kilometers of the M/D platform with 368d. I barely noticed differences between the two, but fortunately Rodé with the one that entered my eyes.
In the negative part, the screen is very small and the load capacity, which is reduced to what can be under the seat and small glove compartment. Both can be ignored, installing a trunk or equipping with high -adjusting windshields, one of the original zontes accessories that appear in a catalog, which includes heated fists, to integrated video cameras. You can also opt for another solution: the E/K platform
Test Urban range of scooters 368 of Zontes: the sports platform (e/k), technical characteristics and how it goes
The differences between the Zontes 368 and and 368K are much more subtle than those of the m/d platform. In fact it is difficult to distinguish it by the little seasoned eye, because the differences are reduced to the 368K to have grill, lumbar support and an extra USB shot to the right of the TFT screen (which adds to those existing in one of the two glove companies). They are also differentiated by the rear pilot design and paint, mate in 368E. For the rest, they are identical, including the price of € 5,087, just € 300 more than 368m/d.
They offer equipment that is optional in sports, such as front and rear video cameras, with storage for 128 GB and the adjustable screen, which is also electric. In addition, there are two integral helmets under the seat and among them, a removable slide tray. Heating fists and hand protectors are standard. The design of both models is more conservative and less risky, abounding more in the practical aspect than in sports.
On the way, little looks little like his sports brothers. The reason is that the wheelbase increases to 1,570 mm. Without being a clumsy platform, it is less agile than m/d. In his favor, he has an impeccable stability, product of reinforcements in the frame and double beal.
The improvement in terms of stability and curve input with respect to Zontes 350E is impressive, taking into account that the dimensions are almost identical. It is an evolution of the platform that puts at 368e/k at a really good level, because the ergonomics is oriented to total comfort. Aerodynamic protection is very good in head and legs, to the point that the engine is heard more than on the other platform.
They are not any problem, because one of the characteristics of the 368 engine is how good it sounds. He feels powerful, snoring and rises with ease. The difference in kilos with respect to 368m/d is there and is noticeable in the benefits, but there is also no abyss.
It is the sensation of amplitude, the wheelbase and therefore, the load capacity that marks the distances between platforms, so it will be your tastes and circumstances that guide your decision. Blessed problem.
