Created Sunday 24 January 2021

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The XP400 comes in two variants: Allure and GT.

Nov 10, 2022 at 7:14am ET - Enrico Punsalang

Peugeot Motocycles has been teasing its new adventure-touring scooter for quite some time now. Making good on its promises, Peugeot has officially pulled the covers off the XP400 scooter at EICMA 2022, and it's clear to see that this scooter is as adventurous as it gets. Clearly taking a few design inspirations from the Honda X-ADV, the XP400 is rugged, angular, and looks like it can go pretty much anywhere.

The Peugeot XP400 has been released in two variants, a road-focused called the Allure, and a more rugged off-road focused version called the GT. Both variants get the same bodywork and dual-purpose tires, but are differentiated by the alloy wheels on the road-focused version, and the tubeless wire-spoke wheels on the off-road version. The XP400 is powered by a 400cc, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, single-cylinder engine with an overhead cam. This engine is rated for 36.7 horsepower, putting it in the upper echelon of performance for its displacement class, even by maxi-scooter standards.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/621013/peugeot-xp400-unveiled-eicma-2022/

Of course, being fitted with Vespa's most powerful engine ever has other benefits, as well.

Kyle Hyatt - Jan. 16, 2021 7:00 a.m. PT

You'd be forgiven for thinking that the Venn diagram for people who ride scooters and people who ride motorcycles would look like one big circle, but weirdly, that isn't the case. I don't really understand the reason for this tribalism, particularly when it comes to Vespas.

Vespas are cool, and they always have been. They offer the convenience of a scooter with sufficient power and performance to allow it to hang with a motorcycle – at least in the city. It's this duality that makes the limited-edition Vespa Sei Giorni II especially appealing.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-vespa-sei-giorni-ii-scooter-review/

Produced in the postwar years, the scooter came to signify freedom and modernity

Megan Williams (CBC News) - Jul 01, 2026 1:00 AM PDT / Updated July 1, 2026

Down a flight of stairs beneath a scooter rental shop near the Colosseum, Rome’s heat and honking traffic give way to a calm, cool reverence in the form of a basement shrine to Italy’s most iconic two-wheeler.

Parked in chronological order are machines that look more like sculptures in steel and chrome: Vespas from 1946 onward, their narrow waists and curved bodies instantly recognizable.

In the last week in Rome, their buzz has been even more pronounced than usual, with thousands of Vespa riders moving in swarms throughout the city for the vehicle’s 80th anniversary. They streamed through the intense summer heat past the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus and the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla — some wearing vintage leather helmets, others with flags fluttering.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vespa-italy-postwar-design-9.7252641