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Vespa: originally a 4-stroke?

Speaking of the new LML 4-stroke “Vespa,” Bradford Duval from Corazzo points out that Corradino D’Ascanio’s first prototype powerplant for the original Vespa was actually a 2-valve 4-stroke engine. Fascinating, and how much different would Vespa’s history have been if Enrico Piaggio hadn’t demanded he return to the drawing board to make a simpler and cheaper 2-stroke?

Author illnoisePosted on 05.18.0905.18.09Categories History, Vespa

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