ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book traces the economic, social, political and cultural conditions that led to the invention and success of the most famous scooter in the world in the years surrounding WWII. The Vespa is closely linked to Corradino D’Ascanio’s life story. From the moment the Abruzzese engineer first sketched the MP6, the whole set of experiences he had accumulated over the course of his intense and dense life, began to give rise to concrete fruits. Officially presented in April 1946, the Vespa was therefore built with know-how, technology, machine tools and materials drawn from one of the highest summits of Italian aeronautics. The Vespa was designed to be easy and simple to maintain right from the original planning phase. The older and most recent technologies were both tailored to produce the Vespa, which, in turn, was the result of an original innovation.
