Vespa Piaggio
Beginning
Piaggio was founded in Genoa, Italy in 1884 by Rinaldo Piaggio. Business Rinaldo began ship equipment. But at the end of the century, Piaggio was also producing rail train, Wagon Train, Truck body, engine and train. In World War I, the company manufactures and Naval Aircraft. In 1917 Piaggio bought a new plant in Pisa, and four years later Rinaldo took over a small plant in Pontedera in the Tuscany region of Italy. The factory in Pontedera which became centers of production aircraft (propeller, engine and aircraft) During World War II, the Pontedera factory making aircraft engines P108 for two passengers and a bomber version.
Enrico Piaggio took over the company his father (Rinaldo). Enrico company decided to focus attention on issues that people need personal Mobility Italia. Then join Corradino D'Ascanio, talented aviation engineers who design, conceptualize and Modern His first Piaggio fly helicopters. D'Ascanio made the design simple, economical, comfortable and elegant. D'Ascanio dreamed of a revolutionary new vehicle. By taking a picture of aircraft technology, he imagined a vehicle built with a "monocoque" or unibody steel chassis. Tyres front forks like landing a plane where it is easy for replacement tires. The result is a design that was inspired from the aircraft to date different from the other vehicle. When viewing the vehicle, Enrique Piaggio said "Sambra Una Vespa" (looks like a wasp).
Frame front is designed to protect the rider from road dust. At the end of 1949, 35,000 units have been in production and in 10 years has been producing 1 million units and in mid-1950, the Vespa has been produced in German, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Spain and of course in Italy. During the 1960's and 1970's Vespa became the symbol of revolutionary idea at the time. And the story continues today with a new generation of Vespa models, offering Vespa ET2, Vespa ET4, Vespa Granturismo and the Vespa PX150. Vespa is not just a scooter but one of the Icon of the people of Italy.
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