Wednesday,
June 13,
Italians Offered Cash to Give Up Their Vespas
The
ANNOTICO Report
In
an effort to promote "greener" and more "eco-friendly"
transport, and rid the streets of the noisy polluting, BUT much beloved pre
2001 Vespas, the Italian government is offering
substantial cash incentives to owners to switch to bicycles or electric
vehicles.
Vespa Lovers in the main are unimpressed!!!
Italians Offered Cash to
Give Up Their Vespas
Telegraph.co.uk
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By Malcolm Moore in
June 13, 2007
The buzz of the Vespa, one of
Owners of vintage Vespas, and all other scooters built before 2001, have been offered hundreds of euros worth of incentives to switch to bicycles or electric vehicles.
Around five million Italians own motorbikes or scooters, according to the ministry of transport. Lovers of the Vespa, which celebrated its 60th birthday last year, were sceptical that the incentives would part them from their beloved motorini.
"Why would anyone want to
scrap a classic Vespa for a discount on a
bicycle?" said Gianni Massa, of the Vespa Club
of
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