Inside the workings of PiaggioUSA
Yesterday, I went to the Piaggio offices here in NYC to pick up a Vespa GT loaner to test drive for 2 weeks. I invite you to take a look into the exciting inner workings of the company.
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September 14, 2005
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Hé! very nice scooter, 125 ar 200 cc ?
Posted by: Vespa Lover | September 14, 2005 at 02:50 PM
The GT is 200cc
Posted by: Neil Barton | September 14, 2005 at 03:36 PM
I agree with your impression on the GT, mine has about 2,500 miles on it and I'm still enjoying every ride.
As for the Piaggio offices, they look really boring. I wonder how many of them ride Vespas? "Come on guys lets get some posters on the walls and dress down a bit, these are FUN products"
Enjoy the ride...........
Posted by: Charlie Colon | September 15, 2005 at 07:43 AM
Ah, NYC offices are all boring looking like that - it's all old infrastructure, and seem to have all been retrofitted with ugly boring office shit.
Posted by: Dfactor | September 15, 2005 at 05:05 PM
While the NYC offices of Piaggio-USA may be a bit boring, the world headquarters and manufacturing plant of Piaggio [Pontedera, Italy near Florence] is anything but boring. Imagine permanent ultra modern white marble sculptures of the Vespa 'monocote' body placed in the city square. Then it's a short stroll to the awesome Piaggio Plant and adjacent Piaggio Museum where Vespaholics can spend hours in "scooter heaven." A great gift shop operated by a knowledgeable multi-lingual staff is there to assist. Worth a special trip if you are even near Italy. See: www.museopiaggio.it/english for more details.
Posted by: Karl Sooder | September 23, 2005 at 09:48 PM