"Vespa is an extraordinary story," Piaggio Group design director Marco Lambri told Business Insider. "It's a story that was born in 1946, after the Second World War thanks to Enrico Piaggio's ...

D'Ascanio, originally a helicopter designer, is also the father of another iconic vehicle, the Ape's two-wheel sibling Vespa (Wasp), based on an idea conceived by industrialist Enrico Piaggio.