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Vespa 400 dashboard Vespa 400 engine. The British Motor magazine tested a 400 de luxe saloon in 1959 recording a top speed of 51.8 mph (83.4 km/h) and acceleration from 0-40 mph (64 km/h) in 23.0 seconds and a fuel consumption of 55.3 miles per imperial gallon (5.11 L/100 km; 46.0 mpg ‑US).
At the Paris Salon in 1957 the Vespa 400 [4] [5] was presented and production started the same year in the ACMA factory. From 1957 until 1961 the company manufactured approximately 34,000 micro cars under licence from Piaggio. The growth of the business involved an increase in employment, with the headcount peaking at approximately 2,800 in 1958.
Taking advantage of increased cash flow thanks to the success of the Vespa, Piaggio developed other products, including the 1957 Vespa 400, a compact passenger car. In 1959 Piaggio came under the control of the Agnelli family, the owners of car maker Fiat SpA. By 1960 Vespa had produced and sold 4 million units worldwide. [10]
Vespa (Italian pronunciation:) is an Italian brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy, to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today owned by Piaggio. [1]
Asheville (/ ˈ æ ʃ v ɪ l / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [7] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city.
The confirmed death toll in Buncombe County, North Carolina, where hard-hit Asheville is located, climbed to 40 on Monday. Helene's brutal toll: More than 100 dead; Biden to survey damage: Monday ...
The Vespa 150 TAP was an anti-tank scooter made in the 1950s from a Vespa scooter for use with French paratroops (troupes aéroportées, TAP). Introduced in 1956 and updated in 1959, the scooter was produced by Ateliers de Construction de Motocycles et Automobiles (ACMA), the licensed assembler of Vespas in France at the time. [ 1 ]
Vespa T5 Stella with standard and "additional" sidecar The LML Star (also known as Star De Luxe in Europe or Stella in United States) is a model motor scooter manufactured by Lohia Machinery Limited in Kanpur , India between 1999 and 2017 and based on the Italian Piaggio Vespa PX .