Why Vespa Has Distinctive Design

Among all the motorcycles from the Harley Davidson in the past to Honda and Yamaha manufactured in recent years, Vespa has the distinctive design and literally it can be considered as the earliest ancestor of all scooters, however, do you know why Vespa has such design at the beginning?

Let’s at first introduce the designer of Vespa, Corradino D’Ascanio, who was also the famous engineering designer for the first helicopter in Italy. In 1945, Vittorio Belmondo, the former design of Vespa, was fired by Piaggio because of the unsuccessful design on Vespa, and then Corradino D’Ascanio became the leader of design team. Continue reading »