{"id":8261,"date":"2004-03-25T16:33:37","date_gmt":"2004-03-25T16:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8261"},"modified":"2004-03-25T16:33:37","modified_gmt":"2004-03-25T16:33:37","slug":"vespa-goes-high-hp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8261","title":{"rendered":"Vespa Goes High HP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/VESPAGT200.jpg\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/\/www.vespa.com\">Vespa<\/a> has announced the latest in their line up &#8212; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vespausa.com\/products\/gt.cfm\">GranTurismo<\/a>. It&#8217;s the &#8220;most powerful Vespa ever made&#8221; which is a bit like saying WinXP is the most stable version of Windows ever made, since the GranTurismo only has a meager 21 hp. But at 200 cc&#8217;s it&#8217;s got four times the displacement of the more familiar Vespa ET2, and it&#8217;ll do more than 60 mph, rolling on comfortable 12&#8243; aluminum wheels. Plus it&#8217;s got room for storage of two helmets under the seat &#8212; making it the perfect machine for darting off to the market. The same engine is available in the lower-end <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piaggiousa.com\/pscooters\/bv200.cfm\">Piaggio BV200<\/a>. Price for the Vespa is $4900, and just $4300 for the Piaggio. Unknown if it is available in the popular-but-decidedly-ugly mint-green color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vespa has announced the latest in their line up &#8212; the GranTurismo. It&#8217;s the &#8220;most powerful Vespa ever made&#8221; which is a bit like saying WinXP is the most stable version of Windows ever made, since the GranTurismo only has a meager 21 hp. But at 200 cc&#8217;s it&#8217;s got four times the displacement of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8261\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vespa Goes High HP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}