PIAGGIO GROUP: ITALIAN TWO-WHEELER MARKET SHARE CONTINUES TO GROW Significant improvement in the over 50cc scooter segment (31.3% market share in September), with the Group reporting growth for the eighth consecutive month. Increase of 1.9 percentage points in overall Italian market share from January to September compared with 2008. Incentives for the two-wheeler sector also an urgent necessity for 2010.
17 September 2009
NEW PIAGGIO PORTER MAXXI As part of the technical and styling evolution of the entire Porter range, the new Porter Maxxi has been radically revised with new styling, a new interior and new technical features, while still remaining the commercial vehicle offering the best load capacity/size ratio in its category: In spite of its incredible 1,100 Kg payload capacity, Porter Maxxi retains the compact dimensions and extraordinary agility of the Porter range, making it ideal for intracity use.
PIAGGIO GROUP: GROWTH ON ITALIAN TWO-WHEELER MARKET IN AUGUST Significant expansion in high-end motorcycles. Piaggio Beverly 300 Tourer outright best-seller for third month running. Increase of 2.1 percentage points in overall Italian market share from January to August compared with 2008.
5 August 2009
APRILIA TRIUMPHS AT PIKES PEAK ONCE AGAIN For the second year in succession, an Italian bike has won the world's most famous, gruelling and spectacular hill climb event in the mountains of Colorado (USA).
5 August 2009
APRILIA CELEBRATES MAX BIAGGI'S FIRST VICTORY WITH THE RSV4 The entire Aprilia organisation joined the men and women of the Reparto Corse motorsports division at the Noale headquarters to celebrate the triumphant victory of Max Biaggi and his Aprilia RSV4 at Brno.
PIAGGIO MP3 HYBRID The Piaggio Group presents the MP3 Hybrid, the world's first hybrid scooter and a vehicle destined to revolutionise urban mobility. This is not just a "scooter with two powerplants", but a highly advanced vehicle supplements a low environmental impact conventional internal combustion engine with a zero emissions electric motor, summing the advantages of the two units.
Piaggio Group: beginning today Vespa production in Vietnam for Asia Roberto Colaninno: “After establishing a presence in India and China, the Piaggio Group completes its strategic investment plan in Asia”. Production of diesel and turbodiesel engines to begin by the end of the year in the new powertrain plant in India.