Talk:Lambretta
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[edit] Dates?
Error: the opening paragraph states the factory opened in 1999, followed by a move in 1931. 1999 must be a typo, probably for 1929, but I couldn't easily find the correct date so didn't want to make a gratuitous edit. Anyone know the right year?? dnkidd 16:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- I've marked this for cleanup as there is a large amount of repetition, but it isn't quite a straight duplication so it needs more time than I've got. Thryduulf 07:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clothing
what about the more recent lambretta clothing line which company produces this? anon.
- See Lambretta (clothing) - Rgds, - Trident13 (talk) 17:59, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
I don't want to sound like a nit-picker, but Lambretta wasn't a company at all (as the title suggests), but it was a product line. The company was Innocenti. So much is clear in the text, but the actual subject name itself is wrong. What would it take to change it to "Lambretta (Motorscooter)" ? Freakboy 21:31, 07 July 2006
- Well, Lambretta is a brand of Innocenti - so the name of Lambretta is correct. Rgds, - Trident13 (talk) 17:59, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Is 'Lambretta' Italian for anything, like 'Vespa' is Italian for 'wasp'?
- Unknown Unknowns (talk) 12:34, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Lambretta means "Small Lambro". The Lambro is the river that runs through the plant and , apparently, there was a stream running off that river.
With regard to the company being defunt in 1971/2 it wasn't. Innocenti Lambretta was, but SIL Lambretta continued until 1999. So, if we stick with Lambretta, then we should continue until 1999.
--Siobhanellis (talk) 05:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, I thought it meant small something because of the 'etta' suffix. Unknown Unknowns (talk) 11:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] The section marked today
This section is incorrect. Scooter India Limited still owns the brand name, etc, to Lambretta (check their web site). An Indian businessman in the USA has the rights to use the name in the USA. Initially he partnered with CMSI Inc, who now have a prototytpe of the L-series, based on the Lambretta GP with a Piaggio/Vespa 4 stroke engine and developed by Lambretta Innovation of the UK. The machines in the USA are rebadged Taiwanese scooters, not from Korea at all.
Siobhanellis (talk) 16:59, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Just to really confuse things, there is now another Lambretta in Italy, being sold through super markets. These are rebadged Chinese machines. Apparently similar to the machines sold by CMSI inc in the USA under their TNG brand.
Siobhanellis (talk) 23:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I removed a paragraph that was lifted from the Vespa article. Whoever did it, didn't even change Vespa to Lambretta. While some of the facts in the paragraph may be correct, this is unacceptable.GregCovey (talk) 06:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] GA?
Guys you might want to think about taking this article to Good Article standard - but before you do, you'll need to really get down to providing references from reliable sources. FlagSteward (talk) 16:39, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
