Vespa Rally 200, boasted a speed of 116 km / h and 12 hp.

Vespa Rally 200, boasted a speed of 116 km / h and 12 hp.

    The Vespa Rally 200, Model 180 derived from the rally, is a scooter designed for fast motion. Was the model of Vespa fastest and most powerful ever built by Piaggio house, produced by the 1972 to 1979 boasted a speed of 116 km / h and 12 hp . The line of 200 (next to 180) was enriched with strips of color White hoods and fenders, which were to indicate the quality of the electronics (there were written electronic) that lacked the ancestor 180.

    Rally 200 was one of the models to be equipped with power electronics and optional boasted the mixer automatically. One of the most reliable and sought vespa. Vespa 200 Rally, 1972 - The Vespa with the largest engine. This model, with 12.35 bhp at 5,700 rpm, could reach 116 km/h. First electronic ignition on a Vespa.

    

    After the Vespa 180’s great success, in 1972 Piaggio presents for the first time the Vespa 200cc. It has immediate success, and the “vespa fans” are even ready to wait for months but to have it. In the same year, the advertising campaign “Le Sardomobili” appears, with the following pay-off: “two powerful and brisk wheels, with quick reflexes, two “rally” wheels pushed by the new 12 hp engine which reaches 5,700 rpm, two mighty wheels that zoom safely up to 110 km/h.”

    In total only 41,275 examples were built over its eight years of production. With the introduction of the PX in 1977 sales numbers eventually started to decline. Today the Rally 200 is one of the most sought after Vespa models, owed to its performance, rarity and reliability.

    This Vespa Rally 200 is just one-of-a-kind, with its history and the condition it is in. She was delivered new to Lower Austria and to this day has only run 2,407 kilometers. Thus, the magnificent originality that has survived all those years is nothing but breathtaking. 

Chassis: VSE1T*0041064*, Motor: VSE1M*0043180*,