Vespa Limousine

By John Farrier in Auto & Transportation on Dec 28, 2009 at 10:42 pm

Vespa’s South African division had this stretch scooter made as a promotional gimmick. They refer to it as a family-sized vehicle:

According to Vespa, here’s a list of uses for the stretched scooter: it’s a sensible family car on two wheels and kids will look forward to going to school on it. You can be the designated driver and still park outside the front door of the party. When you make new buddies, you can take them home with you – and you save money on fuel.

It’s a custom job, so don’t rush down to a dealership expecting to find one.

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Tags: limousine, scooter, vespa

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Andrew32
Dec 28th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
wow.

If I wanted to get a bunch of people killed in a horrible accident I’d buy them that.
Raghuram
Dec 28th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
It will need a real muscleman to handle this Vespa. It definitely is not going to be easy riding one. More so with 5-6 people on it ..
Skipweasel
Dec 29th, 2009 at 5:12 am
Motorbikes often have appalling fuel consumption. On a long gentle run I can get 50mpg (that’s British gallons, of course) from my car – considering how limited they are few bikes can get twice that – you’d expect them to get way way more -but they don’t.
Gauldar
Dec 29th, 2009 at 9:37 am
@Skipweasel

Really? I’ve heard the opposite, but I don’t know much about motorbikes to begin with. I figure that it does greatly take into consideration the weight of the rider on how good the fuel economy of the bike is.
Skipweasel
Dec 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Few bikes manage more than 70mpg – the tiniest scooter can barely manage a reliable 100mpg – when you consider how much heavier a car is, that ain’t great.
Foreigner1
Dec 29th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
“Gimmick”- guys. “Gimmick”….

…And then with that long wheelbase combined with those small wheels, I would like to see how it handles on the speedbumps one finds in lots of inner-cities nowadays…..
Spats McGee
Dec 29th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
@Skipweasel

A small to midsize motorcycle will have no problem getting fifty miles to a gallon, and they get to skip the “Gentle Run” part of the equation. On a loaded touring Harley I have seen people get upward of forty miles a gallon, once again without having to hold back. My girlfriend’s small, 35 year old Honda gets easily seventy or eighty miles a gallon around town. My larger, 40 year old Honda gets somewhere around fifty or sixty without sacrificing rapid acceleration.
Katey
Dec 29th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
My roommate has a Vespa-knockoff scooter and gets 60+MPG commuting to and from work (side roads, 30 mph max probably) during the summer. In the winter she drives a Subaru.
Skipweasel
Dec 30th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Spats – so, they’re not all that much better than a car, in terms of fuel consumption. For their weight and size you’d expect them to use a quarter of the fuel, not half.
Charlotte Limo
Jan 2nd, 2010 at 2:01 pm
its looking great Wespa, how many people can travel on this stretch Wespa? and what about its road grip?
limousine
Jan 20th, 2010 at 4:12 am
vespa limousine is a ultimate bike .i think it’s a loading vehicle .minimum 4 people load easily bear the vespa limousine .my friend also have a vespa limousine

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