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#120: Vespa
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jan 1, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
It's the iconic Italian scooter that has conquered the world.Learn about how it started, how it got its name, and why it has become such a huge, global success story.
“A completely Italian product, such as we have not seen since the Roman chariot”
1884 and the founding of Piaggio
World War I and making aeroplanes
World War II and being bombed by the Allies
Rebuilding the factory and deciding to build a scooter
Version 1: Donald Duck
Version 2: The Vespa
Designing a scooter from the ground up
Selling 1 million scooters by 1956
Vespa and Hollywood
Vespa as an aspirational symbol
Vespas in the UK: Mods vs. Rockers
Vespa in Italy today
Weird records in a Vespa
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/vespa
“A completely Italian product, such as we have not seen since the Roman chariot”
1884 and the founding of Piaggio
World War I and making aeroplanes
World War II and being bombed by the Allies
Rebuilding the factory and deciding to build a scooter
Version 1: Donald Duck
Version 2: The Vespa
Designing a scooter from the ground up
Selling 1 million scooters by 1956
Vespa and Hollywood
Vespa as an aspirational symbol
Vespas in the UK: Mods vs. Rockers
Vespa in Italy today
Weird records in a Vespa
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/vespa
Released:
Jan 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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