The Vespa company was founded in 1946, the year that the very first model, the Vespa 98, debuted. Ever since then, Vespa reports, the brand and its namesake scooter alike "has represented a zest ...

The first Vespa was powered by a 98 cc engine, produced 3.2 bhp at 4,500 rpm and could reach a top speed of 60 km/h. It was kept production for two years but , in 1953, Vespa 125 suffered a major ...