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Vespa: 75 Years: The Complete History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9788879118552)
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xON THE OCCASION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSARY
April 1946: the first 15 examples of the Vespa leave the Piaggio factory.This was the beginning of a unique and unrepeatable story, that of a revolutionary two-wheeled vehicle that as well as leaving an indelible trace in the history of transportation, has become an authentic cult object for every generation that followed. Simple elegant forms, practicality and riding comfort were just a few of the qualities that brought the popular scooter success on a global level.75 years on from the first Vespa, this book - an updated version of the first part only, the historical one, of a successful Vespa 70 Years, traces decade by decade the technical and stylistic evolution of this timeless icon. All this without losing sight of aspects associated with communications ever a strong suit of the Pontedera group and the ever-increasing interest of collectors. The title Vespa 75 years. The complete history - Updated edition is complemented by the book Vespa. All the models, published in 2020, which offers in a single volume a systematic catalogue of every model and every version produced by Piaggio.
Author: Giorgio Sarti
ISBN-10: 8879118552
ISBN-13: 9788879118552
Publisher: Giorgio NADA Editore
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2022
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.10lbs
Size: 10.79h x 9.92w x 1.02d
April 1946: the first 15 examples of the Vespa leave the Piaggio factory.This was the beginning of a unique and unrepeatable story, that of a revolutionary two-wheeled vehicle that as well as leaving an indelible trace in the history of transportation, has become an authentic cult object for every generation that followed. Simple elegant forms, practicality and riding comfort were just a few of the qualities that brought the popular scooter success on a global level.75 years on from the first Vespa, this book - an updated version of the first part only, the historical one, of a successful Vespa 70 Years, traces decade by decade the technical and stylistic evolution of this timeless icon. All this without losing sight of aspects associated with communications ever a strong suit of the Pontedera group and the ever-increasing interest of collectors. The title Vespa 75 years. The complete history - Updated edition is complemented by the book Vespa. All the models, published in 2020, which offers in a single volume a systematic catalogue of every model and every version produced by Piaggio.
Author: Giorgio Sarti
ISBN-10: 8879118552
ISBN-13: 9788879118552
Publisher: Giorgio NADA Editore
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2022
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.10lbs
Size: 10.79h x 9.92w x 1.02d
By Giorgio Sarti
xGiorgio Sarti was born and lives in Milan. He is a qualified engineer and since 1982 he has been contributing to a series of important motorcycling periodicals as a journalist. He is a great motorcycling enthusiast and is the author of many books on Vespa and of the first historical Encyclopaedia of motorcycles. For Giorgio Nada he has published Vespa 60 years (2006), upated in 2016, Tutti gli scooter del mondo (2009), Vespa The complete history from 1946 (2011), Honda CB 750 Four (2012), Moto Enduro anni 80 L'era d'oro (2018), Ape Piaggio (2019), Vespa All the models (2020, updated in 2023), Moto anni 70 L'era d'oro delle due ruote (2021), Vespa 75 years. The complete history - Updated edition (2022), Kawasaki 500 Mach III (2023) and MV Agusta Motorcycle Art (2024).
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