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In 1931, the Italian Industrialist, Ferdinando Innocenti founded a successful engineering company most well-known for producing scaffolding and other steel pipes and joints. Just after the war he saw the potential for an economical means of transport and created the Lambretta, so called because its factory was in Lambrate, an eastern suburb of Milan. Unlike […]
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At the conclusion of WWII Japan’s Nakajima Aircraft Co. was reborn as Fuji Heavy Industries, to manufacture civilian vehicles. They were responsible for the Rabbit S-1, Japan’s first motor scooter. The S-1 its debut in June 1946—some months ahead of the Italian Vespa. The Rabbit was based on the American Powell Streamliner scooter, examples of
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When the Elite 250 was introduced, it was the largest scooter for the American market as, previously, the largest scooters available in the US were the Lambretta X200 (1966) and the Vespa Rally 200 / P200E. The Elite 250 used a vertical, liquid cooled motor which it shared with the Honda Helix (’86 – 2007),
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This little 6 ½’ long ski-tug was produced in Hamburg, Germany for the leisure market in Europe and the US, and was quite popular before the popularity of more mainstream personal watercraft. Introduced in Europe in late 1962, they were not allowed in the US until an amendment to most states’ boating laws allowed them.
After the success of the Skoda 1000 series of cars, the brand looked towards modernizing their offering of smaller family vehicles. The 110 series was developed to fill the space. First introduced in 1969, the 100 and 110 were stylish rear engine, rear wheel drive cars that came as both coupes and saloons. The difference
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Morris Mini GT5 racecar- 1975 Read More »
Avantime is a combination of the French “avant” for “ahead” and the English word “time”. The Avantime’s predecessor – the Espace – was certainly ahead of its time. By 2001, the MPV market was well established, but Renault had their own take with the production debut of the Avantime. The Avantime was conceived by Philippe
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