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Title: Vespa and Lambretta Motor Scooters
Condition: New
Author: Stuart Owen
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1784423149
EAN: 9781784423148
ISBN: 9781784423148
Publisher: Shire Publications
Genre: Travel & Transport
Topic: History
Release Date: 02/21/2019
Description: Vespa and Lambretta remain the two most iconic motor scooter brands, even four decades after the latter’s demise. But what made them such a European sensation in the postwar era? And why were they particularly popular in Britain in the 1950s and ’60s? Motor scooter expert Stuart Owen explains the rise of Innocenti’s Lambretta and Piaggio’s Vespa, from the wartime ruins of Italy, through years of plenty as the two manufacturers exploited a ready market for affordable, economic transport, and then their decline into more uncertain times as motor cars trespassed on their success. He also explores the rich history of accessorising and customising the scooters, their essential role in the mod movement, and the revival in Vespa’s fortunes following the release of the cult film Quadrophenia.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 149mm
Item Weight: 148g
Book Series: Shire Library
Release Year: 2019

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