The Lexicon of scooters #22
By 1954 the scooter was well established as a means of transport both in Italy and the rest of Europe. The two leading producers were Innocenti and Piaggio, who between them controlled the market by a considerable margin. Key to keeping that dominance going was the development of new models and for Piaggio, that meant staying ahead of the Lambretta. Though they had different construction methods, the layout and performance of the machines offered by both manufacturers were very similar. Realising that they had to make a leap in technology, Piaggio set about designing something different, the likes of which had not been seen before. This
