{"id":7017,"date":"2009-09-24T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T10:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:57:22","slug":"go-piaggio-ape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/go-piaggio-ape\/","title":{"rendered":"Go (Piaggio) Ape!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7103\" title=\"apecalessino4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4.jpg\" alt=\"apecalessino4\" width=\"575\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4.jpg 575w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4-278x240.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4-526x454.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4-513x444.jpg 513w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/apecalessino4-572x494.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>If only we lived in a country were year-round utilisation of a vehicle like Piaggio&#8217;s Ape Calessino was possible. But, alas, you&#8217;d really have to be a Roman to get away with it. Britain&#8217;s roads, climate and attitude to style just doesn&#8217;t facilitate transport with such panache, darling.<\/p>\n<p>Originally designed by aeronautical engineer Corradino d\u2019Ascanio, the Ape\u2019s star rose during the Italian economic boom of the 1950\/1960s: the era that came to be known as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z4y8QW5ITLo&amp;feature=fvw\"> La Dolce Vita.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest manifestation of the Ape Calessino is a strictly Limited Edition &#8211; Only 999 of these vehicles will be available in the world \u2013 for details of availability check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uk.piaggio.com\">Piaggio website<\/a>. Wonder if it comes with the white fluffy poodle as standard.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7093\" title=\"ApeCalessino-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"ApeCalessino-thumb\" width=\"575\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb.jpg 575w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb-278x286.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb-526x542.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb-430x444.jpg 430w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ApeCalessino-thumb-572x589.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Piaggio Ape Calessino: the most stylish three-wheeler ever produced?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,1781,110],"tags":[951,1104,342,593,477],"class_list":["post-7017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-culture","category-blog","tag-italian","tag-italian-bikes","tag-motorbikes","tag-piaggio","tag-scooters","manufacturers-piaggio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Go (Piaggio) Ape! 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