The Lambretta is a symbol of our country, a real pride that has distant origins. This is the reason for its name.
Italy is a country that has a great tradition in the world of two wheels, and today we will tell you about an icon that is impossible to forget. We are talking about the Innocenti Lambrettawhich produced legendary scooters from 1947 to 1972. This is a fairly limited period of time, given that we are talking about a quarter of a century, but everyone remembers the products of this brand with great affection.
The Innocenti mechanical industry of Milan was responsible for producing the scooters, which was located in the famous Lambrate district, a few kilometers from the Monza F1 track. Certainly, it is not a land that is not close to engines, even if the fact that Lambretta was based in that area has nothing to do with the Brianza racetrack.
The history of this builder is born way back in 1922, when Ferdinando Innocenti opened a factory that produced steel tubestherefore, something that had nothing to do with two wheels.
The man had arrived from Pescia, in the province of Pistoia, and dedicated himself to this type of activity, in a very difficult period, between the two world wars.
After starting his work in Rome, Innocenti decided to move to Milan in 1931, but the factory was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War. At that point, it was necessary to think about a different future, and we began to focus on two wheels.
Lambretta, that’s why it’s called that
Ferdinando Innocenti he understood that mobility could be a gold mine, especially after the Second World War, where Italy was falling apart. He took inspiration from the military scooters he saw during the war, thus deciding to convert the production of his factory.
The objective was to build a vehicle that could be economical, given that in that period there was very little money, and that almost everyone could afford, in order to allow rapid movement from one part of the city to another. city.
Thus was born Lambretta, a very curious name, which is not linked to the name of the person who founded the company. But at this point, why had it been decided to call her that way? Everything is linked to the fact that the factories where it was produced were located near the Lambro riverthat is to say a tributary of the Po river which flows through Lombardy, and near Monza there is also a small village called Vedano al Lambro, a stone’s throw from the F1 circuit.
The length of the Lambro is not so short, since it reaches 130 km and crosses the provinces of Como, Lecco, Monza and Brianza, Milan, Pavia and Lodi. So, it is now clear that the Lambretta owes its name to a geographical reasonunlike other Italian companies, such as Ferrari, Lamborghinis And Ducatito name a few examples, which are closely linked to the surname of their founders.
