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Vespa, the Glossary

Vespa is an Italian brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio.^[1]

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Abbe Lane

Abbe Lane (born Abigail Francine Lassman; December 14, 1932) is an American singer and actress.

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Aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.

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Air-cooled engine

Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over heat dissipation fins or hot areas of the engine to cool them in order to keep the engine within operating temperatures.

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Antenna (biology)

Antennae (antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.

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Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio. Vespa and Aprilia are italian brands, motorcycle manufacturers of Italy, Piaggio Group and scooter manufacturers.

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Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Kathleen Hepburn (née Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress.

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Bajaj Auto

Bajaj Auto Limited is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company based in Pune. Vespa and Bajaj Auto are scooter manufacturers.

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Bajaj Chetak

The Bajaj Chetak is a motor scooter produced by the Indian Bajaj Auto Company. Vespa and Bajaj Chetak are motor scooters.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Ben-Hur (1959 film)

Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character.

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Birmingham Small Arms Company

The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process. Vespa and Birmingham Small Arms Company are scooter manufacturers.

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Borsa Italiana

Borsa Italiana, based in Milan at Mezzanotte Palace, is the Italian stock exchange.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Concept car

A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology.

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Continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission (CVT) is an automated transmission that can change through a continuous range of gear ratios.

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Corradino D'Ascanio

General Corradino D'Ascanio (1 February 1891 in Popoli, Pescara – 6 August 1981 in Pisa) was an Italian aeronautical engineer.

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Cushman (company)

Cushman is a manufacturer of industrial, personal, and custom vehicles. Vespa and Cushman (company) are scooter manufacturers.

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Cycle World

Cycle World is a motorcycling magazine in the United States.

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Dean Martin

Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian.

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Douglas (motorcycles)

Douglas was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1907 to 1957 based in Kingswood, Bristol, owned by the Douglas family, and especially known for its horizontally opposed twin cylinder engined bikes and as manufacturers of speedway machines. Vespa and Douglas (motorcycles) are scooter manufacturers.

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EICMA

EICMA (Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori), or the Milan Motorcycle Shows is an annual trade show in Milan, Italy featuring motorcycles.

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Engine displacement

Engine displacement is the measure of the cylinder volume swept by all of the pistons of a piston engine, excluding the combustion chambers.

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Enrico Piaggio

Enrico Piaggio (22 February 1905 – 16 October 1965) was an Italian industrialist.

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European emission standards

The European emission standards are vehicle emission standards for pollution from the use of new land surface vehicles sold in the European Union and European Economic Area member states and the United Kingdom, and ships in EU waters.

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Ferdinando Innocenti

Ferdinando Innocenti (1 September 1891, in Pescia, Italy – 21 June 1966, in Varese) was an Italian businessman who founded the machinery-works company Innocenti and was the manufacturer of the Lambretta motorscooter.

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Fiat S.p.A.

Fiat S.p.A., or Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), was an Italian holding company whose original and core activities were in the automotive industry, and that was succeeded by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA).

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.

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Four-stroke engine

A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.

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Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s.

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Honda Super Cub

The Honda Super Cub (or Honda Cub) is a Honda underbone motorcycle with a four-stroke single-cylinder engine ranging in displacement from. Vespa and Honda Super Cub are motor scooters.

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (''née'' Indira Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jamie Oliver

Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.

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John Wayne

Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), professionally known as John Wayne and nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.

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Lambretta

Lambretta is a brand of motor scooters, manufactured in Milan, Italy, by Innocenti. Vespa and Lambretta are italian brands, motor scooters, motorcycle manufacturers of Italy and scooter manufacturers.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of companies of Italy

Italy is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe with the third largest nominal GDP in the Eurozone and the eighth largest in the world.

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List of motor scooter manufacturers and brands

Note there is no single fixed definition of a scooter (also known by the full name motor-scooter), but generally a smaller motorcycle with a step-through frame is considered a scooter, especially if it has a floor for the rider's feet (as opposed to straddling the vehicle like a conventional motorcycle). Vespa and List of motor scooter manufacturers and brands are motor scooters and scooter manufacturers.

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List of motorcycle manufacturers

The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country.

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LML Star

The LML Star (also known as Star De Luxe in Europe or Stella in United States) is a model motor scooter manufactured by Lohia Machinery Limited in Kanpur, India between 1999 and 2017 and based on the italian Piaggio Vespa PX.

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Lohia Machinery Limited

LML (formerly Lohia Machines Ltd) was an Indian scooter and motorcycle manufacturer formerly based in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Vespa and Lohia Machinery Limited are scooter manufacturers.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London congestion charge

The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most cars and motor vehicles being driven within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday to Friday, and between 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday.

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Magneto

A magneto is an electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce periodic pulses of alternating current.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and activist.

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Men's Health

Men's Health (MH), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries;it is the bestselling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands.

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Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection

The Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection was a privately owned museum in North Miami, Florida, that exhibited automobiles and related memorabilia collected by Michael Dezer.

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Ministry for Business and Made in Italy

The Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (Ministero delle imprese e del made in Italy), commonly known under the shortening of its pre-2022 name, MISE, is a government ministry of the Italian Republic.

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Mod (subculture)

Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries.

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Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations.

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Montlhéry

Montlhéry is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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Moped

A moped is a type of small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles.

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Morgan, Grenfell & Co.

Morgan, Grenfell & Co. was a leading London-based investment bank regarded as one of the oldest and once most influential British merchant banks.

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Multi-valve

A multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves (an intake, and an exhaust).

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New Delhi

New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

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North Miami, Florida

North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami.

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NUS Press

NUS Press is an academic press in Singapore.

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Peter Moore (born 18 July 1962) is an Australian travel writer.

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PGO Scooters

PGO Scooters is a brand of motor scooter manufactured by Motive Power Industry, a scooter manufacturer founded in Taiwan in 1964. Vespa and PGO Scooters are motor scooters and scooter manufacturers.

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Piaggio

Piaggio Group (Piaggio Group) is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under four brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Derbi. Vespa and Piaggio are motorcycle manufacturers of Italy, Piaggio Group and scooter manufacturers.

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Piaggio Vespa LX

The Vespa LX is a scooter that was made by Piaggio from 2006 until 2014. Vespa and Piaggio Vespa LX are motor scooters and Piaggio Vespa.

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Piaggio X8

The Piaggio X8 is an Italian-made motor cycle, released in 2004 and available in 125 cc, 150 cc (Street Version), 250 cc, and 400 engine sizes by Piaggio. Vespa and Piaggio X8 are motor scooters and Piaggio motorcycles.

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Pillion

A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped.

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Pontedera

Pontedera (Pons Herae) is an Italian comune with a population of 29,270 inhabitants, located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, central Italy.

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Pulo Gadung

Pulo Gadung is a district (kecamatan) of East Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Retrofuturism

Retrofuturism (adjective retrofuturistic or retrofuture) is a movement in the creative arts showing the influence of depictions of the future produced in an earlier era.

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Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accomplishes a task with very little (if any) insight into exactly how it does so.

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Roberto Colaninno

Roberto Colaninno (16 August 1943 – 18 August 2023) was an Italian businessman.

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Rocker (subculture)

Rockers (also known as leather boys or ton-up boys14 February 1961, The Daily Express (London)) are members or followers of a biker subculture that originated in the United Kingdom during the late 1950s and was popular in the 1960s.

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Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler.

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Salvador Dalí

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.

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Scooter (motorcycle)

A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, a seat, a transmission that shifts without the operator having to operate a clutch lever, a platform for their feet, and with a method of operation that emphasizes comfort and fuel economy. Vespa and scooter (motorcycle) are motor scooters.

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Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began as a mail ordering catalog company migrating to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago.

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Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Single-cylinder engine

A single-cylinder engine, sometimes called a thumper, is a piston engine with one cylinder.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.

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Taiwan Golden Bee

Taiwan Golden Bee (TGB) is a Taiwanese manufacturer of scooters, and all-terrain vehicles. Vespa and Taiwan Golden Bee are scooter manufacturers.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Times Now

Times Now is an English news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group.

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Triumph Bonneville

The Triumph Bonneville is a standard motorcycle featuring a parallel-twin four-stroke engine and manufactured in three generations over three separate production runs.

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Tuscany

Italian: toscano | citizenship_it.

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Twistgrip

A twistgrip is a handle that can be twisted to operate a control.

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Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston (one up and one down movement) in one revolution of the crankshaft.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Vespa

Vespa is an Italian brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio. Vespa and Vespa are 1946 establishments in Italy, italian brands, mod (subculture), motor scooters, motorcycle manufacturers of Italy, motorcycles introduced in the 1940s, Piaggio Group, Piaggio Vespa, Piaggio motorcycles, Road transport in Pakistan, scooter manufacturers, Transport in Italy and vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1946.

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