There is motorcycle fair here in Stockholm this weekend. The Piaggio people has put the Vespa 946 in their stand. And they revealed the price; 80 199 Swedish crowns! That's a whopping € 9 300 or £ 7 750!
The scoot in the pictures are a mock-up. Production is about to start in March and the sales in May, the clerk from the importer told me. But he didn't knew if there only will be a limited series and in that case, how many of them will arrive in Sweden.
Well, at least I was able to sit on it. It felt nice and I was able to move back on the big (and quirky) saddle.
But the price, a GTS 300 Super Sport costs 3/4 of a 946!
The new Swedish Vespa leaflet states that it's a fourstroke, 155 cc with 3-valves producing 13 hp att 8 000 rpm.
Thanks for this piece of information!
ReplyDeleteThose are really cool scooters, but that is just silly money. In the US, you can buy the BMW 600cc scooter for $9,500 (or less)... and you can buy a Ducati Monster 696 for $9200. Piaggio can't possibly think that price will work in our market.
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