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Italy Piaggio Group manufactures Vespas, the most popular scooter in Italy and throughout Europe. Piaggio is Europe's largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles and the fourth largest in the world. Piaggio initially produced aircraft, particularly for the war effort the Second World War, but moved to motorcycles after the war because of the need for better traffic around the debris-filled roads. Design is based off Cushman scooter, which was made in Nebraska before the Second World War. These scooters are all over Italy and Europe because they were used by United States military forces and their allies navigate the terrain of the European landscape. Were used mainly airborne and naval infantry. Roads were so damaged, because the Nazis would blow up bridges and destroying roads as a defense mechanism to slow the advancing soldiers.
When the model was developed MP6, son of the founder Enrico Piaggio listening to the buzzing of the engine and shouted "Sembra una Vespa!" In Italian: "It's like a wasp." In 1946, Piaggio applied for a patent on the Vespa and began distribution on a scooter, producing the first 13 at the Milan Fair. Sales took off after the payment of installments has been introduced. The numbers were impressive from that point onward. In 1947 Piaggio sold 2,500 Vespas. In 1948, the number of sales rose to 10,000. In 1949 the number doubled to 20,000 and in 1950 sold 60,000 Piaggio Vespas.
The film "Roman Holiday" was of great help in advertising and sale of Vespa. In the movie, actress Audrey Hepburn rode alongside Gregory Peck in his Vespa ride over to Rome. This resulted in the sale of approximately 100,000 Vespas that year. Some other famous Vespa owners and users were Dean Martin, Marlon Brando, John Wayne, Charlton Heston and Abbe Lane.
Vespas have been used in racing and became extremely popular in the United States. Racing Class in the United States are small frame class automation classes, special classes and class warehouse. There are only five Vespa models being manufactured today. They PX, S CVT, CVT LX, GT and GTS CVT CVT. The last four are modern transmission and the first is a classic, manual transmission. Although there are only five models in production today there were 138 different versions of the scooter its inception.
Other films that have features Vespas are "American Graffiti," "The Bourne Ultimatum," "Encino Man, "" Revenge of the Pink Panther "and" Transformers. "
Vespa is not just scooter. Piaggio version intended for the automotive called Vespa 400th The engine in the rear of the vehicle and was manufactured in France by ACMA with the assumption Piaggio. Two models were developed: Turismo and Lusso.
Opponent Italian scooter company Piaggio, the Lambretta, which is still active today is racing and production of civilian production.
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