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Piaggio

Piaggio is a company based in Italy that produces automobiles, motorcycles and scooters, such as:

APE 3-wheel submicro[?] pickups.
Porter 4-wheel micro-vans and micro-pickups.
Ligier 4-wheel micro passenger cars[?].
Vespa motorscooters[?].
Gilera[?] motorcycles.

Founded in Genoa in 1884, the company began as Piaggio & Co, and is now named S.p.A. Piaggio.

In 1957 they produced the Vespa 400, a tiny passenger car.

External Link

http://www.piaggio.com/

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