This is the most technically advanced and exclusive model of the brand in the history of its existence. In its futuristic form, a comfortable cantilever seat and a The Vespa 946 scooter is distinguished by its expressive design, strong personality and cutting-edge technology. Vespa could be found in almost any country: from continental and insular Europe to Brazil and India.
In the 1960s, Hollywood celebrities and ordinary residents of cities and villages began to rapidly acquire this simple means of And ten years later, the scooter made its way into contemporary art, when Salvador Dali wrote the name of his wifeĪnd muse Gala on the gas tank of a scooter. On a Vespa in 1953, many wanted to repeat it. After Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck carelessly carved their ideal vacation Rome Cinema played a significant role in this. Incredible success for Vespa comes in the late 1950s.
Only a year later, salesīegan to grow rapidly, and in 1950 the number of copies sold was already about sixty thousand. The novelty was pleasing to the eye, but did not cause a hysterical desire to immediately possess it. The firstįifty copies produced dispersed across the country with a creak. "baby" with a piercing buzzing motor in action, Enrico Piaggio exclaimed: "It reminds me of a wasp!" So the name for the new apparatus appeared (in Italian, "wasp" would be vespa). Of simplifying production as much as possible, using the capacities of the aircraft building workshop.ĭistinctive features of the new scooter were compact forms, metal sheets appeared below the steering wheel, protecting the driver's legs from puddles and road dirt. During the Second World War, American paratroopers and sailors moved on them.
The Vespa was based on the American-made Cushman scooter.Īt that time, these olive-colored scooters were widely distributed in Italy. The inventor Corradino D'Ascanio, known for his helicopter experiments, took up the project of a cheap ground vehicle. At the request of the son of the founder of the Piaggio & Co factory, Enrico Piaggio, The history of Vespa scooters began in 1946 in the Italian industrial city of Pontedera.
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