At least not according to Markus Andre Mayer, who rode around the world on a set of two-stroke Vespa scooters ... the World in 80 Days. If that seems like lightning speed for a scooter powered ...

Vespa has made and sold over 1.6 million scooters all over the world. Vespa debuted in 1946 at the Rome Golf Club, and it quickly gained popularity. It went from selling 2,500 scooters in 1947 to ...

When Indonesian executive Heret Frasthio takes his antique 1957 VL Vespa for a ride, its white paint peeling off, the usual fumes and hum of the free-spirited scooters cannot be seen or heard.

Indonesia’s air pollution is partly fueled by old, inefficient cars and scooters Jakarta: When Indonesian executive Heret Frasthio takes his antique 1957 VL Vespa for a ride, its white paint ...

Frasthio says the firm has converted and sold around 1,000 Vespas across the country since its founding in 2021 and one day aims to develop its own electric scooter. Once converted, a Vespa’s ...