The 148cc Two-stroke Model LD Lambretta Latest Version of a Famous Italian Scooter on the British Market
One of the highlights of last year’s Milan Show was the introduction by both of Italy’s scooter ‘giants’ of larger capacity models. Of these, the first to be seen in Britain is the latest 148cc Lambretta LD, a product of the Innocenti concern in Milan.
Naturally the design is largely based on the preceding 125cc machine, which itself was the result of intensive development through numerous stages which started in, approximately, 1948. The layout finally stabilised itself with the ‘D’ series, all of which had the ‘rocking’ engine/gearbox/transmission unit – with its movement controlled by a torsion bar forming the
