Vespa: Best Brand or Just Overpriced?

If you can't see the quality, fit and finish of a Vespa, it screams it loud enough.

I own a classic '86 vespa PX. Let me tell you, scooter this old, you would be surprised that I NEVER worried about spare parts. Parts are so easy to get!. Compare other 80s scooter, spare parts are too rare, makes demand so low, they mostly succumbed to extinction.

I always thought Vespas were girl's scooters..they look feminine to me..I bought a new lambretta...cooler more masculine looks..cooler name..cooler heritage..imo.

Honda SH is nr 1 in ITALY

great review

Go Vespa or go home

I already sent my application for motorcycle. The only thing i want is a vespa scooter. I don't care about the price at all.

Great video...thanks.

VESPAS ARE CRAP I HAD TWO OF THEM AND NEETHER OF THEM WOULD GO IN A STRATE LINE THE FIRST ONE EP 150 4 2002 WOULD NOT GO IN A STRATE LINE IT HAD LESS THAN 2000 MILES ON IT AND THE ENGEN SEEZED UP AND THE COOLING FAN BROK OFF THE SCOOTER WAS FRIED AND NEVER WORKED AGAIN THE SCOOTER WAS UNDER WARETY AND VESPA TOLD ME TO GET A LAWYER THEY WOULD NOT ONNER THE WARENTY I BABYED IT AND IT FRIED MY SECEND ONE 2004 200 L GRAND TRISMO WOULD NOT GO IN A STRATE LINE EATHER AND THE CARB FELL OFF WILE I WAS RIDING IT AND IT WAS HANGING FROM THE TROTTEL CABLE AND I ALL MOST CRASHED THE HANDEL BARS CEPT MOVING AND WERE NEVER STRATE EVERY TIME THEY PUT THEM STRATE LATER WHEN I RODE IT THEY WOULD MOVE AND BE CROOKED ALL WAYS IT CAUST 6000$ AND IT WAS SUCH CRAP THAT WHEN I SOLDIT I ONLY GOT 500$ FORE IT AND THE GUY WHO BOT IT CRASHED THE FIRST TIME HE RODE IT IT WAS DESTROID HE WAS HURT ALL BECAUS IT WOULD NOT GO IN A IN A SRATE LINE PROPERLY IT WAS DANGERIS IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BIN ALODED TO BE SOLD IN USA VESPA SUCKS THEY ARE SHIT DONT BUY ONE YOU WILL REGRET IT PHUCK vespa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you did a good job on this. Both objective and subjective, empirical as well as nuanced.

Overpriced

I'll say this how my friend Marco says it, if you own a Vespa, Moto Guzi, Aprilia, or Piaggio, you own a Piaggio. My very good Italian friend is something of an authority, and I think he said it best, "if it's Piaggio it's Piaggio, and without Piaggio it's not a Vespa." We try very hard to differentiate other Piaggio products from Vespa, but the liberty 150 (for sake of example) literally shares the same engine as the sprint and primavera. When you register the liberty 150 it literally creates a discrepancy in the system, because it often registers as a Vespa in the system. We need to stop the scooter snobbery.

You pay more for the quality materials and workmanship.piaggio make the vespa and they don't get free materials to build their scooters,including the vespa.they have to pay for every thing.

R you Australian?

oi boa noite minha querida vendedora ,eu moro aqui no Brasil,e gostaria de saber o preço,dessas Vespa Piaggio e se voces vendem pela enternet e se voces entregam aqui no Brasil,aguardo resposta ,obrigado,

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Vespa is not just a 'brand'. -- they created the category which we call as scooters.

Good stuff. She’s spot on.

Vespa's biggest problem in the US is their dealer network .... rather the lack of one.

Hi, I am a motorbike newbie and enjoyed your video. I own a 2014 Can Am Spyder STS with 2 up capability. I hope to buy my now 12 year old daughter her first scooter someday. I hope you and your family have a fabulous summer.

2023.
Talk about where its made. Who manufactures it?
A gy6 150cc scooter from China. Mid range. $1800. Is a 400% increase to $7200 Vespa price

Vespa build a top of the line quality product however their dealer network in the US is the exact opposite end of the spectrum. The start with it may be 500 to a 1,000 miles away and some shops that deal primarily with Asian 2 wheelers will not service them. Worse one may find shop that will but has not the knowledge or the proper equipment to service them properly. If you have a Vespa dealer down the street them you are lucky .... elsewise avoid them like the plague.

I love those Vespas since I was 8 years old in 1965 while visiting family in Greece...way cool

Vespas are beautiful but one fall, it's wrecked. I think you're paying for style more than substance. Give me a Honda.

In India Vespa price is definitely justified . My Vespa is 10 years old and has over 300,000 . It still runs good and is better than activa , access or anything else

You along with many others caused me to go take a test ride and I was sold within 1 block 1 turn and 1 speed bump. Took the 2022 demo back and bought a new white 2023 GTS SS Loving this new ride and my Honda Forza 300 is reluctantly for sale as it is a great bike too but just not of the same level as Vespa..

vespa is very small not for a tall people

You are a natural data analyst. I'm sold on the Vespa.

Honda Forza 350, the benchmark for scooters

All Vespas stand out from the rest. The metal body which is also the chassis makes it a different experience altogether from any other scooter. The brand represents quality, style, freedom and good taste while all other scooter brands such as Honda, Yamaha represents a deliveroo rider.

Good presentation, I totally agree with all you say....Vespa rules for design..

In my opinion, I'd much rather have a used Vespa than a newer alternative. I especially like P-series Vespas. They were some of the best scooters ever made. They are so easy to work on yourself and are super reliable.

I’ve got a Vespa 🛵, before buying it I tried others scoters…. But when you seat on a Vespa… well, you understand why you have to pay extra. The quality is superbe.

Other scooters are just that… Scooters. Vespas are part of your family ❤🛵

Owning a Vespa is different … Vespas are not just a scooter you own. They are part of the family ❤

$7 grand you can buy a really good motorcycle for that .

I've got a vespa px 200 with gears, great fun to ride and love the smell of the two stroke..

Vespa is just too far ahead from his competence.

My personal experience buying a primavera 2020 125cc after having an et4 125cc.
Piaggio doesn't make things well like the old days.
After 2 years my primavera had multiple rust spots underneath and under foot rest and battery compartment.
Protection againt rust is very vrey poor in new generation vespas.
Yes overpriced and not happy with rust issues.

Genuine scooter co is best that includes their Chicago scooter co brand that cost around 1500 brand new

did you mention you're in the houston area? I am interested in getting a buddy actually

I have one VXL 150 and I like a lot however it’s overpriced indeed. Does not worth the price compared to Japanese Brands for instance.

going to work and city travel using my beloved primavera 50th anniversary edition, its nice, comfy, and easy i love it haha

there are many good scooters out there when it comes to specs.. Vespa is just the "brand" thus the price..

also, im not leaning towards the engineering of a country who first surrendered to the Allies.. 😆

over priced scooter.......just because of it's brand....not a best scooter...not wort buiyng for...

Been working on a Piaggio Liberty , rather neglected but what stands out about the non Chinese scooters, is the massive improvement in quality of the parts, scooter body panels are something that often require replacement, Chinese panels are almost impossible to repair and are expensive, Piaggio are expensive as well but can be repaired, and the quality of parts ,engine ,switches etc, are much better . There are good Far Eastern bikes coming onto the market, i've just sold my Peugeot Tweet, silly name out of the way one of the best ive owned , It's actually built by SYN, Taiwanese company, so, if you want a cheap cheerful but short lived bike, go Chinese, quality build long lasted , European named will last you.

They are completely overpriced when you look at motorcycles and cars you can get for equivalent

People have been hoarding and inventing prices for years on lambretta and older vespa

But without a stream of new people joining the scene prices will collapse the whole point of it was cheap transport for when your young

I bought first vespa pk50 for £100 in 96 now would be 2 grand which is silly

Vespa is piaggio!

Because Vespa has no competitors that exactly same spec...

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