MSNBC and Business Week are reporting that in response to statistics that fatalities on two wheeled vehicles are up 18% last year that Piaggio, the parent company of Vespa is coming out with a new scooter-

Feast your eyes on the MP-3 which should be available in January-

The image comes from the Business Week site. The thought is that three wheels will be safer than two… What I can’t figure out from the article is whether or not this beast will be released as a Piaggio or a Vespa… (My vote is Piaggio).  Don’t ask me why, but for some reason the MP-3 reminds me of an Ewok from Star Wars.
I’m more interested in the prototype of a hybrid Vespa.

Supposedly this prototype Vespa uses 20% less gas but has 25% more power than the average gas powered scooter engine.