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A bit of history on PIAGGIO

Brand Piaggio was created in 1884 by Rinaldo Piaggio. Originally, the manufacturer produced furniture for luxury yachts. The company then diversified into the manufacture of wagons, engines, buses, trams and trucks. During the First World War, Piaggio focuses on aircraft engines and aircraft design. Ten years after the end of the conflict, the company will even produce a seaplane; the Piaggio P7. A bomber made entirely of metal will see the light of day in 1935, the Piaggio P16.

Following the world war, Piaggio was banned from producing planes just like other Italian manufacturers.

As a conscientious engineer, Corradino D'Ascanio going to put all the motorcycle's faults to rest, invent solutions and create the Vespa. The chain will disappear for an engine directly attached to the wheel, the gears will be on the handlebars and as there will no longer be any need to straddle the machine, everyone will be able to drive it. The suspension will be a pendulum for the front and the fork will be single-arm to facilitate maintenance. The wheels will be fixed laterally, as on the landing gear of airplanes.

Le Vespa was a great success from its debut with 10 thousand copies sold in 000. The year 1947 marks the celebration of the millionth copy produced and allows Piaggio to bail out its struggling finances par the dispute.

In 1949, FIAT and the family Agnelli buy Piaggio and take control of it on the death ofEnrico Piaggio (1965).

In the years that followed, Piaggio will buy back successively Gilera,Puch, Derbi then Aprilia. She then acquires Laverda et Moto Guzzi.

The group is also present in the field of light transport with three and four wheels - triporteurs and vans - with the ranges of commercial vehicles Ape, Porter et I'm looking.

In 2006, Piaggio launches the revolutionary MP3, the world's first three-wheeled scooter with two wheels at the front.

The year 2009 sees the presentation of the first hyb scooterride in the world based on the famous MP3. Piaggio is the only manufacturer in the world to have hyb technologyride for scooter and to produce a model in large series.

In 2016, Piaggio presents the first electric scooter the Vespa power.

In 2022 a new generation of electric scooter is born to live in the city without emissions and with all the quality, technology and safety that have always distinguished scooters Piaggio.