Vespa

It began more than a century ago, precisely in 1884. Piaggio Company was founded in Genoa, Italy in 1884 by Rinaldo Piaggio.Rinaldo's business started ship equipment.But at the end of the century, Piaggio also produced railroads, train cars, body trucks, engines and trains In World War I, his company produced Airplanes and Ships. In 1917 Piaggio bought a new factory in Pisa and 4 years later Rinaldo took over a small factory in Pontedera in the Tuscany area of ​​Italy. This factory in Pontedera was the center of aircraft production. fly along with its components propellers, engines and planes During World War II, the Pontedera plant made P108 for two-passenger aircraft engines and bomber versions. At the end of World War II, the Piaggio factory was bombed by allied aircraft. After the war ended, Enrico Piaggio took over Piaggio from his father (Rinaldo Piaggio). At that time the Italian economy was deteriorating, Enrico decided to design cheap transportation. Enrico decided to focus its company's attention on the personal mobility problems that the Italian community needed. Then join Corradino D’Ascanio, a talented aviation engineer who designed, conceptualized and flew the first modern helicopter Piaggio. D'Ascanio makes a simple, economical, comfortable and elegant design. D'Ascanio dreamed of a new vehicle revolution. By taking a picture of aircraft technology, he imagined a vehicle built with a "Monocoque" or Unibody Steel Chassis. The front fork like a tire landed an aircraft which was easy to change tires. The result is a design that is inspired by an airplane that has so far been different from other vehicles.This vehicle is simple technology but has a very interesting shape, like a stinger (bee) because of the shape of the frame.
However, because of the surfboard-like form of safety cover, a number of workers at the Piaggio factory even said it was a Paperino motorbike. Please remember, Paperino is a cynical allusion to the character of Donald Duck (duck). So, d'Ascanio also made sense to improve the model. At the end of 1949, 35,000 units had been produced and in 10 years had produced 1 million units and in the mid-1950s. During the 1960s and 1970s the Vespa became a symbol of the idea revolution at that time.Vespa presents Vespa ET2, Vespa ET4, Vespa Granturismo and Vespa PX150. Vespa is not just a Scooter but one of the big Italian icons.