{"id":488,"date":"2012-08-15T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2012-09-22T12:41:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T07:11:19","slug":"review-vespa-lx-125-the-new-italian-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/review-vespa-lx-125-the-new-italian-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Vespa LX 125 – The new Italian in town!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a long time since any of us have seen a Vespa scooter on road. An interval of more than 10 years has been the time Vespa<\/a> was never seen in the Indian markets. Vespa declined in its sales slowly by the end of 1997 and the decline in sales continued till 2000 when the Piaggio, the parent company of the Italian scooters decided to pull the plug to stop production of Vespa scooters in India. The main reason was that Indian customers actually began to get rid of geared scooters as automatic scooters like the Kinetic were doing much better sales and had economy as same as the geared scooters. The same happened for Bajaj Chetak too, a similar geared scooter to the Vespa.<\/p>\n

Now the time has come for the Piaggio company to think about a return to the scooter market, considering the fact that Piaggio is now only selling light commercial vehicles. The company hopes to return to the mass volumes of sales it did with the Vespa like the olden times through the new Italian Vespa LX 125<\/strong><\/span>. The company has decided to launch automatics now as geared scooters have become outdated.<\/p>\n

Looks:<\/h3>\n

The previous generation Vespa scooters had a rounded body starting from the headlight to the engine hood beneath the seat; totally a curved shell with curved engine covers. The LX 125 is quite different from the old models. The curves have been proportioned all around giving a modern generation retro punk look. Yes, its very eye catching when compared to its rival models like the Honda Activa, Honda Aviator, Kinetic Blaze and Suzuki Access 125. The looks from the front are quite different to the old Vespa, yet the round headlights and the slight incline on the front body below the handle with the indicators will make us understand that it\u2019s a Vespa. The back side view is also quite exciting as the front with all the indicators being LED. From the sides, the same old Vespa tradition with the newly designed curves seems to go along with the rest of the scooter. Overall, I would give 9 out of 10 for the smashing Retro looks that will go in favour of youngsters.<\/p>\n\n\t\t