Report Predicts Bright Future for Electric Maxi-Scooters, 3-wheelers
A report from PR Newswire is predicting major growth between 2015 and 2025 for three main segments: electric motorcycles, electric maxi-scooters, and 3-wheelers.
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Video: MotoGeo Rides the Vespa 946
A young woman rides a Vespa 946 around town for MotoGeo, showing off the Italian flagship scooter in the California sun. Yet we’re left wondering, who is she and why don’t we hear from her?
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2015 Vespa GTS Gets ABS/ASC, Supersport, and New Touring Edition
Announced at EICMA 2014, Vespa has made a series of small updates of its large-frame model, the GTS. Unlike the complete re-platforming we’ve seen in the small-frame Vespas like the Sprint and the Primavera, the GTS is making only incremental advances for 2015.
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First Ride: Vespa 946
Our first impressions riding Vespa’s flagship 946 model. Sure, this $10,000 Vespa is beautiful to look at, but is it any good to ride?
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Video: The Vespa 946 Bellissima
If our debut gallery post isn’t enough of the new Vespa 946 Bellissima for you, here’s the official video from Vespa showing every angle of the new machine. What do YOU think of the update? Let us know in the comments.
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World Debut: The Vespa 946 Bellissima
Vespa has released images and features of its first update to the 946 model. With new colors and new accessories, the 946 Bellissima aims to carry on the 946 line into the future.
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Buying a Scooter on the Cheap
Just Gotta Scoot’s David Harrington has put together a guide to penny-pinching scooter acquisition, with everything from how to shop used scooters to the basics of rider gear on the cheap.
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Exclusive: Hands-on with the 2014 Vespa Primavera
The Primavera is the first new model from Vespa post-946 and the family resemblance is obvious. The sculpted rear end shape, the details in the horn cast, and the bike’s overall stance are as iconically Vespa as they’ve ever been, but with its 946-inspired lines the new Primavera looks decidedly more modern than the bike it’s replacing: the long-suffering but very popular Vespa LX-150.
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Piaggio Group Worldwide Profits Plunged in 2013
It’s no secret that the automotive and powersports sectors have been hit especially hard during The Great Recession of the past few years, but it’s not always easy to get a full picture of just how hard they’ve been hit. Well Yahoo! Autos is reporting that Piaggio’s 2013 financials show a 57% decline in profits over the year before. That drop in profit is driven by a number of factors, but most significantly by a lack of sales and fluctuations in worldwide currency values.
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Opinion: Will the Vespa Sprint Hurt 946 Sales?
Earlier this week, we posted a story about all the juicy Vespa gossip we’ve been hearing in the past few months. Much of that was officially confirmed just a few days later with the Italian debut of the new Vespa Sprint. While in one sense the Sprint is simply an update to the Vespa S in the same way the Primavera is an update to the LX-150, both updates can’t be looked at without considering one other key model: the Vespa 946.
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