Most Apes are produced in India by Piaggio India, and a similar vehicle is manufactured by Bajaj Auto.
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More recently Piaggio have made lifestyle models such as the Ape Cross Country and the Ape Web aimed at the young.
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In 1947, the inventor of the Vespa, aircraft designer Corradino D'Ascanio, came up with the idea of building a light three-wheeled commercial vehicle to power Italy's economical reconstruction, an idea which found favour with Enrico Piaggio, the son of the firm's founder, Rinaldo.
Ape | Piaggio | The Hairy Ape | ape | The Naked Ape | The Ape Of Naples | Teramo Piaggio | Piaggio P.166 | Piaggio Aero | Going Ape! | Ape Action Africa | APE | 'Ape' | Warren the Ape | "The painstaking Irishman"
As depicted by "Ape" (Carlo Pellegrini | The Naked Ape (book) | The Ivory Ape | Piaggio P.23R | Piaggio Ape | Noble Ape |
Birkbeck as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini
Jenkinson as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini
Forster as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini
The left-hand drive version offered a load capacity of 500 kg and was intended to compete in Mediterranean countries with vehicles such as Piaggio's Ape (bee).