| Check out the all new Power Scooter - Mahindra | | | | weather unlike a motorcycle and maneuver the war |
| Rodeo | | | | torn streets of Italy. This led to the creation of the |
| Plying around to your workplace and executing your | | | | Lambretta, a highly fuel efficient scooter. |
| day to day chores has become so much easier with | | | | The Japanese started the |
| scooters like Mahindra Rodeo around. Rodeo is from | | | | “twist-the-throttle-and-go operation”. By the |
| the genre of “twist-the-throttle-and-go | | | | mid 80’s, the Japanese came up with scooters |
| operation,” a very convenient yet highly powerful | | | | that had fresh modern lines, not like the Italian |
| gearless scooter. Scooters have come a long way | | | | models at all. Honda, with its Elite scooter, and |
| from the days of ‘Vespa’ in Italy. Here is a | | | | Yamaha, with its Riva model, jumped into the |
| look at the history of scooters over the years. | | | | scooter market. The Italians saw them as cheap |
| Scooters were invented in response to the problems | | | | plastic copies, but consumers loved them. |
| posed by war-ravaged roads on which travelling was | | | | Honda’s Aero 50 has been referred to as the |
| rather difficult. The invention of scooter can be | | | | first modern scooter. |
| traced down to Italy after the Second World War. | | | | Another big reason for the Japanese scooter success |
| With dilapidated and destroyed roads, the need was | | | | was their ability to develop engines that were more |
| for a low cost and efficient transportation system | | | | environmentally-friendly. The Japanese scooters were |
| which Italians could use in the time of distress. | | | | so successful that they eventually drove Vespa out |
| An Italian company Piaggio who were into the | | | | of the U.S. market. |
| manufacturing business, and had aircrafts in their | | | | In India too scooters form a major part of |
| portfolio took the initiative. Manufacturer of huge | | | | people’s transportation system and India flaunts |
| machines had to think small considering the need of | | | | a rich History of scooters. The two major scooter |
| the hour. | | | | manufacturers in India were, LML and Bajaj. Scooters |
| Enrico Piaggio, the founder's son, realized the need | | | | India Limited was the name given to the Lambretta |
| for an affordable form of transport and entrusted | | | | brand which was acquired by the Indian Government. |
| the responsibility of developing such a vehicle to | | | | The company manufactured the first scooter in the |
| Corradino D'Ascanio who is credited with inventing | | | | country called Vijai Super and thus India's love story |
| the helicopter. This inventor of helicopter created a | | | | for the scooters began. |
| vehicle that could move on two wheels and was as | | | | Now you see all kinds of geared and gearless |
| exciting as a helicopter. D' Ascanio created a single | | | | scooters from Bajaj, Honda, Suzuki etc. Though |
| chassis two-wheeler and showed it to Enrico Piaggio | | | | geared scooters are slowly becoming a thing of past |
| who felt that it looked like a wasp. ‘Vespa’ | | | | because of their inefficient and polluting engines. |
| is Italian for wasp and hence that was finalized as its | | | | Mahindra and Mahindra, the leaders in manufacturing |
| name. The first Vespa was manufactured in 1946 and | | | | of utility vehicles in India, has also stepped into the |
| within a decade or so it was being exported to other | | | | scooter bandwagon with 3 of its exciting new |
| European countries. | | | | models, Flyte, Duro and Rodeo. |
| Legendary entrepreneur Ferdinando Inocennti then | | | | The Mahindra Rodeo is the perfect choice for the |
| followed suit. The ravaged state of the country after | | | | young urban male. It is a high performance, |
| World War 2, led him to create a two-wheeler which | | | | feature-packed scooter with a distinctly macho |
| could provide the necessary protection from the | | | | demeanor. |