Vespa History

Vespa history began more than a century ago , precisely 1884. Piaggio company was founded in Genoa , Italy in 1884 by Rinaldo Piaggio . Rinaldo began business equipment aboard . But at the end of the century , Piaggio was also producing rail Railroads , Wagon Train, Truck body , machines and trains . In World War I , the company manufactures and Naval Aircraft . In 1917 Piaggio bought a new plant in Pisa , and four years later Rinaldo took over a small plant in Pontedera in the Tuscany region of Italy . The plant in Pontedera which became centers of production aircraft and their components ( propellers , engines and aircraft ) During World War II, the Pontedera factory making aircraft engines P108 for two passengers and bomber versions .
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At the end of World War II , Piaggio factory was bombed by allied aircraft . After the war , Enrico Piaggio Piaggio took over from his father ( Rinaldo Piaggio ) . At that time the Italian economy was deteriorating , Enrico decided to design an inexpensive means of transportation . Enrico decided to focus its attention on the problem of personal Mobility requisite Italian society . Corradino D' Ascanio then join , aviation talented engineers who design , conceptualize and his First Modern Piaggio fly a helicopter . D' Ascanio to draft a simple , economical , comfortable and elegant . D' Ascanio dreamed of a revolutionary new vehicle . By taking a picture of aircraft technology , he imagined a vehicle built with a " monocoque " or unibody steel chassis . Tyres front fork like landing a plane which is easy for replacement tires . The result is a design which is inspired from the aircraft that until now was different from the other vehicle .
Then in 1945 , the construction of an alternative is found . At first it was a concept motorcycle iron framed with rounded curves like a tunnel . Surprisingly, it turns staternya parts designed using bomb components and wheels taken from aircraft wheels .
In order to optimize the shape and the security of its users , the manufacturer at that time was regarded as '' street '' effort to design the cover board on the front foot . The project is directly led by Corradino d' Ascanio . Therefore , patents may soon their pocket .
As a result, the product comes first motorcycle with MP5 series . The vehicle is technologically simple but has a very interesting shape , like a stinging animals ( bees / wasps ) because of the shape skeleton .
However , because the shape of the seat cover like a surfboard , a number of workers at the Piaggio factory was even said it as a motor Paperino . Please remember , Paperino is cynical satire to figure Donald Duck ( duck ) . So , d' Ascanio was rotary sense to fix the model .
D' Ascanio only needed a few days to re- conceptualize and prototype vehicle design shapes are named MP6 . When Enrico Piaggio saw protototip MP6 , he accidentally called out " Sambra Una Vespa " ( looks like a wasp ) . Finally, from a call accidentally , it was decided this vehicle called ' Vespa ' ( wasps in Indonesian ) . In April 1946 , the MP6 prototype began to be mass-produced in the Piaggio factory in Pontedera , Italy .
At the end of 1949 , 35,000 units have been in production and in 10 years has been producing 1 million units and by mid-1950 . During the 1960s and 1970s Vespa became the symbol of revolutionary idea at the time .
Subsequent developments , this product was selling by the market of France, England , Belgium , Spain , Brazil , and India - in addition to the domestic market of these products sell like hotcakes. In addition , India also produces the same type and shape to take on Bajaj engine . Your options are Bajaj and Bajaj Super Deluxe . A number of parties then filed a joint application to create a Vespa . Then in 1950 came the 125 cc Vespa made ​​in Germany .
At that time many other countries are trying to make similar products , but it turns out they are not at all able to compete with Piaggio . Among the contenders is Lambretta , Heinkel , Zundapp and NSU . For Indonesian people , products and Zundapp Lambretta , was popular in the 1960s .
Inquired have inquired , bigotry against Vespa had appeared as a result of the basic characteristics of this form of motor that is always maintained at each subsequent product . Even when they do a '' revolution '' spelled out in the form of a new product , the Vespa 150 GS , distinctiveness voluptuous ass still feels attached .
GS Products 150 - at that time known as Vespamore and almost always appear in every movie in the 1960s - indeed steering and headlights start made ​​together . However , the overall shape of her buttocks moreover , is really still rounded . And the story continues today with a new generation of Vespa models , offering Vespa ET2 Vespa ET4 Vespa Granturismo Vespa PX150 and . Vespa Scooter but not just one big Icon Italians .
Vespa history in Indonesia
" Vespa Fever " in this country is influenced by the " Vespa Congo " . Vespa is given as an award by the Government of Indonesia Indonesiaterhadap peacekeepers who served in Congosaat it .
According to some sources, after much wandering in the streets of Congo Vespa , Vespa began to be one of two wheelers in Indonesia . Contribute to the development of the local importer of Vespa in the homeland .
Until now had dozens of variants Vespa stopped in Indonesia . From the oldest to the most recently in Indonesia . Until now Indonesia may still be referred to as paradise Vespa . The rise of exports Vespa , Vespa to some extent reduce the population in Indonesia .