Vespa Cosa

The Vespa Cosa is a scooter that Piaggio built under the Vespa brand from 1988 to 1993. It was meant to be called the Vespa R, for Rinnovata, meaning renewed, and was unveiled at the Milan Motorcycle Show in 1987 as the direct successor to the Vespa PX, although the PX stayed in production. It had a newly developed gearbox, storage space under the seat, integral braking through a hydraulic circuit and anti-lock control on the front wheel in the second series. It was also the first Vespa to use a large amount of plastic alongside the traditional pressed steel monocoque. The first generation was built from 1988 to 1991, the Cosa 2 was shown at the 1991 Milan show with a raised rear light and a thicker saddle, and in Germany a 10 horsepower Cosa 200 was sold to cut insurance costs.