Book, Vespa: 60 Years

As Vespa reaches its 60s without showing a wrinkle or slowing a whit, this book celebrates its decades of incomparable spirit.In glowing images and words, the book shows Vespa in its many guises as the two-wheeled vehicle of the post-war economic boom; as the symbol of the forward-charging ideas of the 1960s; appearing in romantic films such as Roman Holiday; and promoted in delirious ads that claimed, Whoever Vespas, eats apples. Giorgio Sarti knows Vespa, and this book is a thorough and thoroughly enchanting tribute to the scooter as it has sped through history, meaning something new to each generation, and in the process making its unique mode of personal transport synonymous with freedom.

432 pages, softcover.