Fiat built a prototype scooter in 1938 which preceded the Piaggio of 1945.
Reports indicate that it was the brainchild of Giancarlo Camarena, vice-president of Fiat. The project was tackled by eng. Vittorio Calosso, who collaborated with Volugrafo Aermoto of Turin, responsible for the construction of folding scooters for airborne forces during the war.
The result was the prototype based on the Volugrafo design of Vittorio Belmondo, who then built Velta scooters.
The 1938 Fiat prototype is powered by a 2 h.p. 98cc flywheel magneto Sachs engine (as is the Velta). It survived, and is in a private museum, possibly the Collezione Graziano (collezionegraziano.it) or the Salsapariglia Collezione.
Fiat was later closely involved with the magnificent Moto Major of 1948.
