The inventor of the scooter

Tracing the cultural origin of scooters can be traced back to 1938, when World War II caused catastrophic damage to the company. Renaldo Biagio also passed away in the same year, and his two sons inherited the company. At that time, Biacho was almost in ruins, and the two brothers who inherited the company played different roles in the company. Armando is in charge of Fenar's factory, specializing in aircraft and railway equipment. Enrico is responsible for the factories in Pisa and Pontella. Faced with the devastation of Italy, he has another ambition: to produce a simple, reliable, and economically durable means of transportation to help ordinary Italian people achieve motorization, which has huge market potential. Enrico himself is not a motorcycle driver, but the car he wants to invent is a vehicle that lies between a motorcycle and a car, namely a scooter.
In order to fulfill his great ambitions, he collaborated with talented aviation designer Corradino D'Ascanio to design a new type of scooter that must be easy to drive, not splash the rider when passing through puddles, not dirty clothes, has space for spare tires, and must be lightweight, easy to handle, and easy to ride. Coratino Ascanio has developed a simple and effective method of using an iron shell as the frame, which can both install the engine and meet the above requirements. The single arm front suspension is similar to an aircraft landing gear, making it easy to disassemble the front wheels. The engine is directly connected to the driving wheels, replacing the traditional motorcycle pedal control method with variable speed control installed on the right-hand handle. In less than 5 months, Biacho Company transformed this scooter equipped with a two-stroke engine from a blueprint into a physical object. In April 1946, the first prototype scooter was taken offline and directly launched into the market. Due to the buzzing sound of its engine and its tail resembling a wasp, it is named Vespa (Italian: wasp).
In 1965, Enrico Biaccio, who was at the pinnacle of his career, suddenly passed away. His successor was his son-in-law Umberto Agnelli, but the development of new products did not stop due to Enrico Biaccio's death. After successively acquiring world-renowned motorcycle brands such as Gilera, a veteran European motorcycle company, Derbi Motorcycle Company in Barcelona, Spain, Aprilia Motorcycle Company, one of Italy's three largest motorcycles, and Moto Guzzi. The research and development level of Biaqiao is unparalleled in the world, and technological progress has also driven the updating of styles, with the launch of models such as the Quartz, Zip, Fly, Skipper, Hexagon, and MP3. In the market, it has caused significant waves. Biaqiao is not just a locomotive, but more importantly, a culture and elegance. A wave is sweeping the world, and the reputation of the father of the world's scooter is unparalleled.

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