Mantua, 19 August 2023 – Omniaholding S.p.A. announced the death last night of Cavaliere del Lavoro Roberto Colaninno, Chair of the Immsi S.p.A. (IMS.MI), Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Piaggio & C. S.p.A. (PIA.MI). Chairman and CEO of the Piaggio Group, Roberto Colaninno has passed away aged 80. It was announced at the … Continue reading RIP Roberto Colaninno – head of Piaggio & Vespa
Piaggio continue their foray into the world of electric-powered vehicles with the recent announcement of their forthcoming ONE scooter, which will apparently debut at the Beijing Motor Show on 28 May before being launched into the European market in late June of this year. The Italian scooter giants have been looking at alternative fuel options … Continue reading New Piaggio electric ONE
I've been tracking this little beauty for a while now and so am pleased to finally compose this blog to share the story. It's always nice when something 'new' arrives in the world of modern scooters, and as a dedicated classic scooterist myself I am of course pleased it is Piaggio who have come up … Continue reading MYMoover – New Delivery Scooter From Piaggio
News reaches us the motorcycle insurance company Bennetts has been purchased by the Ardonagh Group, a name that probably means nothing to most of us until you learn they also own Carole Nash Insurance. In fact they own Autonet too, which encompasses Mackenzie Hodgson Insurance, and Swinton too under the Atlanta Investment Holdings banker, according … Continue reading Bennetts Insurance joins Carole Nash (+Haynes manuals sold and Piaggio deals)
Rumours of a new version of the Vespa GTS have been circulating for a few months now, and Piaggio have finally released details of what fans can expect to find in the showrooms in the near future. For 2019 the flagship Vespa range is “further improved” with “technical and style updates” to quote the official … Continue reading New Vespa GTS to launch at EICMA – November 2018
ok, so a bit of sarcasm here as we spot a slow news day for some of the British tabloids and hypocritically repeat their story... In our defence, we've not run this before, although they have. Anyway, Tom got papped in Los Angeles where he lives, presumably just riding to a friend's house or maybe … Continue reading Stop Press – Tom Hanks rides Vespa!
