Vespa
Stefania Sandrelli, March 1964
image source here.Vespa scooter
The Vespa is a line of motor scooters that was first manufactured in Genoa, Italy in 1946 by Piaggio & Co, S.p.A. Piaggio continues to manufacture the Vespa today, although the Vespa was a much more prevalent vehicle in the 1950s and 60s when it became the adopted vehicle of choice for the UK youth-culture known as Mods. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa [Jun 2005]
Mods [...]
They would typically choose scooters as their mode of transportation, either the Lambretta or the Vespa. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_%28lifestyle%29 [May 2005]