Vespa and Lambretta Motor Scooters
$32.26
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2019
Summary
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 transpor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784423148 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784423149 |
| Author: | Stuart Owen |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Shire Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 6mm x 148mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Shire Library |
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Stuart Owen
Stuart Owen has written more than two hundred regular features for Scootering Magazine and in 2017 he published his first book on the history of the Lambretta. He has been involved in the scooter industry for more than 30 years, owning both Lambrettas and Vespas and running a business to cater for them.
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