The Lambretta scooter is a born in Italy at the premises of Innocenti based in Milan , in the district Lambrate . The name "Lambretta" comes from the River Lambro , Which flows in the area where located right in the neighborhood of the establishment provides Lambrate . In 1922 Ferdinando Innocenti of Pescia founded a factory of steel pipes Rome. In 1931 moved all its business in Milan , being right in the neighborhood Lambrate the largest manufactures of seamless steel pipes. During the Second World War , the factory was bombed and completely destroyed. Innocent, waiting to recapture by Allied's plants in Milan, gave birth in the Capital to the study of the product that would be the post-war conversion of the factory: Indeed, taking inspiration from their motorscooters American soldiers arrived in Italy during the war, and understanding the need to drive new profits to the people after the war, he decided to devote himself to the production of revolutionary scooter. In 1947, after completing the design phase and after rebuilding the factories in Milan, started production of Lambretta.
The huge success not only caused the national Lambretta, in nearly 25 years of production, were built under license in Argentina , Brazil, Chile , India and Spain . With the economic boom exploded
Western Europe in the late '60s the request of the scooters had a decrease, while the ' car was now within everyone's reach, the Innocenti then had to fight to survive financially, which could only make until 1971, sells its production. The Indian government bought the assembly of the Lambretta, mainly for the same reasons that Ferdinando had built after the war: the time India was a country with little infrastructure and was not ready financially dedicated to producing small cars for private transport. The SIL (Scooters of India Limited), based in Lucknow in ' Uttar Pradesh, was the State-owned company which began production a couple of years after purchase, continuing until the construction of the Lambretta 1998. The production of the SIL is now focused on other products such as three wheelers and motor tricycles propelled by engines derived Innocenti.Nel 2003 SIL sold to U.S. company Khurana Group USA LLC to license the production and sale in the USA of scooters under the brand "Lambretta". The first models with displacement ranging from 50cc to 150cc, were released in 2008 . While maintaining the old mark, they are still motorcycles completely original design and equipped with 4-stroke engines and four valves per cylinder, in accordance with the strict anti-pollution premises. One of the points of reference for all fans of this legendary motorscooter (and scooters in general) is the "Museum of the Lambretta scooter and, in the town of Rhone, near Milan. The museum contains all the original files from the innocent and all models representing the production Lambrettistica (unique items), besides a large number of scooters from around the world, the oldest dating back to 1912. Like the Vespa
, also Lambretta had a 2-stroke engine running a mixture of gasoline and oil, 3 marches, with a displacement ranging from 49 to 198 cc .
Unlike the Vespa, which was built with a frame made from one piece, the Lambretta was a more rigid tubular structure on which the body was assembled. The first models of the products showed the characteristic "body discovery," thus totally distinguishable from the Vespa (fully faired), becoming the typical sign of recognition of scooters in Milan. However, the models produced later, exactly on the model C in 1950, were also presented with cabinet, their model was criticized by rival Piaggio for the conceptual similarity with the Vespa, was a great success so much so that since 1957, excluding the model HIM, the Lambretta was produced by the body more "closed".
the late '50s, together with the choice of body only "closed", the Lambretta is reviewed in the mechanics and bodywork, and through three versions (the series LI), we arrived in 1962 to obtain the model (LI III series, "scooterlinea") then, with very few cosmetic changes, came to be produced until 1972 (Lambretta DL), when the assembly line was sold to the Indian government. Of the 60 models, models, TV (Turismo Veloce) and SX (Special X) are generally the most popular and cherished, a success due to their increased performance and refined look. The model TV was the first scooter in the world to assemble front disc brakes. Vespa and Lambretta could be easily modified, altered, and many still change these scooters "customized" with additional mirrors, elaborating, painting the bodywork, customizing or in other ways. everything in the light of cultural philosophy born English Mods in the 60s and still in vogue in the United Kingdom, who made half of the Italian scooters symbol of youth cultural revolution of those years. Today, the Lambretta is a collector's item. An innumerable amount of scattered Lambretta Club around the world and keep feeding the myth of this historic scooter, along with Vespa, Italy is inevitably an icon of '50s and 60s.
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