Is the extra wheel worth the added bulk and complexity? Scooters have always been about practicality and utility. It doesn’t really matter what kind of scooter you ride, either. Whether it’s a ...

In 1884, a twenty year old boy named Rinaldo Piaggio founded Piaggio ... By 1948, the Vespa production reached 19822 scooters while three years later, 171200 vehicles were already released.

"Vespa is an extraordinary story," Piaggio Group design director ... It went from selling 2,500 scooters in 1947 to more than 20 times that in only three years, selling 60,000 in 1950.