The new Vespa GTV “Via Montenapoleone” has been presented at the EICMA show, featuring an elegant Vespa GTV with the top range 300 cc Vespa engine. The “Via Montenapoleone” is an elegant scooter, and as such is named after Milan’s most famous street of fashion with its top boutiques from the great designers.

Despite the focus on elegant look and fashionable design, the real core of this Vespa is its performance engine. The 300 cc is a liquid-cooled four-valve engine, Euro 3 compliant and with electronic injection. For more details see the press release of the Vespa GTV Via Montenapoleone after the jump.

Vespa GTV Via Montenapoleone

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Piaggio presented quite a curious prototype at the Eicma show in Milan in the form of a Vespa GTV Sidecar. This is a vintage Vespa prototype that picks up stylistic elements from the 50’s.

It’s not really a new idea as at the end of the 40’s, in 1948 to be precise, that the first Vespa sidecar was created. The prototype seen at Eicma 2008 is based on the Vespa GTV 250 with a 250cc, four-stroke, four valve engine, liquid cooled and with electronic ignition. Both wheels have a disc brake system.

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Here you can check out some shots of the Vespa GTV in its new “Siena” colouring. Sending us the photos is Franco from his interesting piegando.wordpress.com blog.

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