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Officially Official: Vespa S is here in the U.S.

Mar 20th 2008 7:45PM - 2 Comments

Click on the image for more high-res shots of the new Vespa S150 Vespa has tons of history to draw upon when it comes time to introduce a new scooter model. Take the new S model, for instance. Using the same 150cc four-stroke single cylinder engine ...

Donald Rumsfeld buys a Vespa

Jun 12th 2008 10:19AM - 44 Comments

We've seen countless celebs go green by either choosing to drive in a hybrid vehicle, electric car or even a scooter. The latest well-known person we've heard has made the change to two-wheels might not be a celebrity by the strictest definition of ...

Bel & Bel recycling old Vespa scooters into office furniture

Oct 27th 2009 10:01AM - 1 Comment

Vespa Chair by Bel & Bel - Click above for image gallery As cool as vintage Vespa scooters are – which would be very cool indeed, if you ask us – there's no debate that the old air-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder engines are ...

Friday Humor: Stop motion Vespa video

Jun 8th 2007 12:13PM - 1 Comment

I know I put this under the "Friday Humor" category, but instead of our usual odd-crazy-zany-off-the-wall news report, this one is really just pretty cool. Somebody took a whole bunch of time and invested it into making this short Vespa-centric ...

Vespa: Making a Good Thing Better

Apr 21st 2006 6:29PM - 0 Comments

At the heart of the green trasportation ideal is the concept of using as few resources as possible to transport the maximum number of people. Vespas and other motorized scooters have always been a good alternative to even the greenest of passenger ...

Vespa giving motorbikes as a prize for winning video

Aug 20th 2007 5:21PM - 0 Comments

First of all, let's admit that I love Vespas. I even got my motorbike's license riding a PX 125 (quite a number of years ago...) but this is nice: Piaggio USA is launching a campaign in which you can participate if you enjoy creating your own ...

Vespa launches new advertising campaign, focuses on eco-friendliness

May 5th 2009 10:18AM - 3 Comments

Vespa S 50 - Click above for high-res image gallery Late last year, Vespa USA rolled out a brand new website with an entire section extolling the virtues of purchasing a scooter to replace a second car. To show how much fuel could potentially be ...

Vespa rolls out brand-new interactive website

Nov 13th 2008 11:12PM - 6 Comments

Vespa makes some great scooters, but up until today, the Italian two-wheeled wasps were burdened by a rather unwieldy website. It's hard for customers to make informed purchasing decisions when the manufacturer's website doesn't offer the ...

2009 Vespa S 50 gets a new more powerful 50cc engine

Nov 21st 2008 12:47PM - 6 Comments

Click above for more high-res shots of the new Vespa S 50 Vespa has been building stylish, metal-bodied scooters since the late 1940s and has quite a number of small displacement engines under its stylish Italian belt, so it knows how to make a ...

Gallery: Vespa S150

Rumormill: LML to produce Vespa PX clones with 4 stroke engines?

Mar 5th 2008 12:33PM - 3 Comments

A few years ago, Bajaj stopped making their Chetak and Legend scooters, and since then there has been a dinstinct lack of any steel-bodied, manual transmission, 4-stroke scooters on the market. Genuine Scooters has begun selling their Stella scooter ...

We can't let Autoblog have all the fun! Vespa has a Transformers connection.

May 16th 2007 9:01AM - 0 Comments

Yes, I am looking forward to the live-action Transformers movie. I too was a child of the '80s, watched all the shows and had all the toys. My brother and I must have watched the cartoon movie a hundred times at home. Am I worried about the new ...

Wooden't have imagined that - a Vespa scooter hewn from trees

Jan 21st 2009 10:40AM - 1 Comment

Click above for a gallery of the handmade wooden Vespa Admittedly, we're a bit short on details as to what's powering this particular scooter, but that's likely not nearly as noteworthy or as interesting as what the machine itself is made of. ...

Another eBay find of the day: MTV Staying Alive Celebrity Autographed Vespa

Sep 6th 2007 8:04PM - 2 Comments

Sebastian has debated the merits of bidding on and winning the Hummer which was previously owned by Fergie. The issue is whether or not the vehicle should stay on the road, being that the proceeds of the auction are going towards a green charity. My ...

Gallery: Brandon Boyd's Vespa LX150

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