About the Vespa scooter
The Vespa is a line of motor scooters that was first manufactured in Pontedera, Italy in 1946 by Piaggio & Co, S.p.A
There have been 138 different versions of the Vespa - today there are just four models in production: the classic, manual transmission PX; and the modern CVT transmission LX, GT, and GTS.
The name Vespa: "Sembra una vespa!" ("It reminds me of a wasp!") exclaimed Piaggio president Enrico Piaggio when he first laid eyes on what would become the most successful scooter of all time. The name stuck. Vespa is both Latin and Italian for wasp—derived from both the high-pitched noise of the two-stroke engine, and adopted as a name for the vehicle in reference to its body shape: the thicker rear part connected to the front part by a narrow waist, and the steering rod resembled antennae.
Celebrities known to ride a Vespa:
Mario Batali, Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Sandra Bullock, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Salvador Dalí, Henry Fonda, James Gandolfini, Adam Horovitz, Charlton Heston, Dennis Hopper, Milla Jovovich, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Matt Lauer, Jay Leno, Justin Long, Chris Martin, Dean Martin, Bill Murray, Paul Newman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mickey Rourke, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Spacey, Tori Spelling, Steven Spielberg, John Wayne, Owen Wilson, Tiger Woods