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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]
The Vespa LX is a scooter that was made by Piaggio from 2006 until 2014. The LX 150 uses the same frame as the LX 50 but features a 150 cc engine capable of a listed maximum speed of 59 mph (95 km/h). The LX 150, like all modern Vespa scooters features a 4-stroke single overhead camshaft and steel frame construction.
Vespa restarted its American sales effort, opening its first boutique on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, California. In light of vastly-increasing US sales, Vespa developed the GT, offered as a 200 cc four-stroke and a 125 cc variant in Europe. In 2004, Vespa reintroduced a modernized PX 150 to the United States.
Initially an unlicensed copy of the Vespa 150; [136] In 1999 Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant was renamed Molot and started production of the Strizh scooter, [84] but by 2017 was struggling financially [137] — USSR (Russia) / Russia; Walba (1949–1952), One of the first post-war German scooters, production taken over by FAKA — West ...
The Vespa Primavera is a scooter produced by Piaggio under the ... plant in Vietnam. [2] ... The front ABS has been optional since 2014 on the 125 and 150 models, ...
The Vespa 946 was also launched this year, along with the new Vespa Primavera, the latest evolution of the "small body" family. In 2013 Vespa's worldwide sales numbered almost 190,000 units; in 2004 the figure stood at 58,000. In ten years of continuous progression over 1.3 million new Vespas have been produced.
The production of the first series ends in 2012 both in Italy and in Vietnam while in China it will continue to be produced at the Zongshen Piaggio Foshan Motorcycle Co. Ltd joint venture in the 150 version (chassis code BYQ150T-3V). In November 2019 it underwent a slight aesthetic update and the name was changed to Piaggio City Fly. [6]
Founded in Taipei, Taiwan in 1954 by Huang Chi-Chun and Chang Kuo An, SYM currently has three major production facilities in Taiwan, mainland China, and Vietnam. SYM manufactures and sells scooters, motorcycles and ATVs under the Sanyang Motor [SYM] brand, while it also manufactures automobiles and mini-trucks under the Hyundai brand.