Scooter News ADVERTISEMENT  Council takes the scooter route Businesses looking to cut their fleet vehicle expenditure should look no further than scooters
Piaggio Australia That's the official word from the Mackay Regional Council in far north Queensland.
The council has recently invested in four Piaggio scooters - three Beverlys and one X9500 maxi - for duties across a number of areas, including the regular water meter shuttle.
According to council fleet coordinator Graham Sutton, the scooters have been a boon, not only in reducing their day-to-day running costs, but for the sheer convenience of the machines over the council's car fleet.
"The Beverly appealed from the start because of the 16-inch wheels, and it's been great going up and down footpaths and in situations where we generally require a lot of stability," said Graham. "And the appeal of the X9 is all the underseat storage, as well as the power from the big maxi.
"From an economic viewpoint, scooters just make so much sense, and we are delighted with our purchases."
For more information on the Piaggio family of scooters, including Vespa and Gilera, please contact your local dealer.
Links
Piaggio - www.piaggio.com.au
Vespa - www.vespa.com.au
Gilera - www.gilera.com.au
Australian dealers - www.piaggio.com.au/dealers.html?State=All
About Piaggio
The Piaggio company, nestled in the Tuscan countryside between Florence and Pisa, first invented scooters in 1946 when it produced the first-ever Vespa and helped liberate a war-torn Italy. Vespa remains the iconic scooter brand with its unique metal-bodied design. Today, Piaggio continues to produce scooters under the classic Vespa brand, the sporty Gilera brand and the contemporary Piaggio brand. In Australia, PS Importers is the sole importer of this iconic and popular range
About Vespa
Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in "Roman Holiday" were only the first of a long series of international actors and actresses to be seen on the world's most famous scooter. In photo shoots, films and on the set, the Vespa has been a "travel companion" for names like Raquel Welch, Ursula Andress, Geraldine Chaplin, Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield, Virna Lisi, Milla Jovovich, Marcello Mastroianni, Charlton Heston, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nanni Moretti, Sting, Antonio Banderas, Matt Damon, Gérard Depardieu, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson.
published 3/07/2008 |