Comments on: Mumbai Holiday on a Vespa?

By: Advertise holiday home

Advertise holiday home — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:39:03 +0000

Vespa, it is a nice scooter, and driving it in Mumbai would tempt me, even though it would be considered a bit dangerous

By: Joe Zach

Joe Zach — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:30:47 +0000

I think the Vespa lost out to other 2 wheelers because it was geared (especially when the non geared 2 wheelers came in the market)
Customers especially Ladies would prefer a non geared vehicle as they would not like to make a wavy path like Audrey Hepburn and barge into Gregory Peck (what a wonderful movie)
Thanks Rina for bringing back good old memories.

By: anil

anil — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:06:54 +0000

if someone says apple…you say orange?

By: Ankur Jain

Ankur Jain — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:34:39 +0000

Actually, she is right. LML did partner with Vespa and made LML Vespa, well into the nineties!

By: Ranajay Gupta

Ranajay Gupta — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:12:06 +0000

Rina Chandran has missed out a bit of history. Vespa was made in India from 1960 to 1970 by Bajaj Auto; the Bajaj scooter is a direct descendant. Hamara Bajaj is about as hamara as Sonia Gandhi!

I have dim memories of a sprightly new model descending on roads dominated by the Lambretta and dethroning it. If my memory serves me right, the squared-out Bajaj Classic shape preserves the last production model of the Bajaj Vespa.