#120: Vespa

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 interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/vespa

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