Archive : Vespa

Vespa, the iconic name synonymous with scooters in the 60′s and the 80′s, is entering the Indian market for the third time in 2012. This time though, Europe’s largest bike maker, Piaggio, is planning to enter the Indian market all alone. The encouraging sales of scooters in India is in concord with Piaggio’s future two-wheeler roadmap for India. Given the highly competitive [...]

The Robosteel guys, as we know, are artists that can convert scrap into art. We recently showcased their life-sized version of the Camaro – Bumblebee autobot and to be honest, we loved it so much that we wanted to buy one for our office. Unfortunately that was not for sale. But now we found something else and the good news is – one can actually buy it! It is miniaturized version of the classic [...]

Vespa is all set to re-enter the Indian market and to help it on its way, World Bank arm IFC will fund the Italian 2-wheeler company with Euro 45mn. Vespa will utilize the funds to make eco-friendly scooters, motorcycles and LCVs in Vietnam and India. Chairman and managing director Piaggio India Ravi Chopra - A Vespa is a Vespa, its not a scooter. The Vespa will be designed for the Indian consumers’ [...]

Piaggio will be bringing back the Vespa brand of scooters in India in Q1 of 2012 and it has major plans to ensure that it leaves no stone unturned in ensuring success of the Vespa LX 125 scooter. Remember, the company will be re-entering India all on its own this time and won’t have any local partner. The company will not only retain the originality of Vespa’s scooters, but will also ensure [...]

This one’s for all you Vespa fanatics out there. A guy in Spain has created a hotrod out of a Vespa scooter and man does it look killer. The scooter has been heavily modded with special care being paid to upping the performance potential of the scooter. There are no specs available as to which Vespa scooter has been used as the base for this modification and what are the performance figures [...]

Vespa is about to make its re-entry into the Indian two-wheeler market and its the LX 125 which has been given the charge of leading Vespa’s attack on the Indian scooter market. The LX 125 is a 125 cc gearless, automatic scooter similar to the Honda Activa, whose engine produces 7.65 kW of max power and 9.6 Nm of max torque. The Vespa LX 125 will be loaded with features such as a front disc [...]

The iconic scooter manufacturer Vespa is all set to begin its third outing in the Indian scooter market. Vespa entered the Indian market way back in the 1960′s with a JV with Bajaj which ended in 1971. Then Vespa tied up with LML for its second innings in India, between 1983 and 1999. Now Piaggio, Vespa’s parent company has given the green signal for Vespa’s Indian re-entry. The [...]