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MotoVespa

MotoVespa Scooters and Motorcycles

Manufactured by Moto Vespa SA

Based at Calle Julián Camarillo, 6 in Madrid, the company was formed in 1952 by Piaggio and Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI), the largest automotive producer in Spain.

Over the course of 50 years they built a considerable variety of motorcycles and scooters using in addition to the MotoVespa brand, those of Puch, Gilera, Vespa, Vespino and Piaggio.

In 1978 the P-range Vespa was introduced; the P200DS was built from 1978 to 81, followed by the P200DN. The Moto Vespa T5 appeared in 1986, soon joined by the similar TX200 - both of these had electric start.

At the end of the 1990s, Moto Vespa exported to 35 countries and had almost 1,000 employees.

Production ceased in 2003.

Sources: wikipedia.es; Scootering magazine.

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