Piaggio Vespa VXL 150 Review

Piaggio Vespa VXL 150 Review

Piaggio wanted to take the benchmarks considerably higher, by not just overhauling the 125cc Vespa VX as the new Vespa VXL 125, additionally propelled its significantly more effective and premium symbol as the new Vespa VXL 150. Basically, the Vespa VXL 150 is quite recently the Vespa VXL 125, however with a greater motor and an alternate addition, not to overlook two or three moment but rather unmistakable restorative changes. Here's a speedy look on what every new thing do the new Piaggio Vespa VXL 125 brings on the table.

Color Options

The Piaggio Vespa VXL 150 will be accessible in five diverse stylish shading alternatives. These include

1) Yellow
2) White
3) Red
4) Matt Black
5) Green.

Instrument Console

The all analog instrument console of the Vespa VX has been replaced with a more comprehensive part digital instrument console on the Vespa VXL 150.

The unit consists of a nicely styled analog speedometer and a digital LCD screen below it, which displays fuel gauge, odometer, trip meter and clock. The tell tale lamps flanking this small LCD screen also house low engine level signal and low fuel level signal, which currently no other mass market scooter has in the Indian two wheeler market.

Design and Style

The Vespa VXL 150 is based on the smaller version of the Vespa VXL 125. The front apron is the same as the one in the previously available Vespa VX. The V-shaped front grille with three small horizontal slats along with the two turn indicators mounted beside it tries to fill in the simple but elegant front apron. Compared to the five spoke chrome wheels on the Vespa VXL 125, the Vespa VXL 150 gets a set of five spoke black alloy wheels.

The seats are much more comfortable and spacious than the previous model. At the rear, the Vespa VXL 150 retains the tail lamp from the Vespa VX, but misses out on the single piece chrome finished pillion grab rail, which lends a clean look at the rear of the scooter.

Engine Specification

This new scooter comes with an all new four stroke, single cylinder, 3-valve, air cooled, 150cc engine, which is capable enough to belt out 11.6 PS of maximum power and 11.5 Nm of peak torque.

Mated to a CVT transmission, this 150cc engine has a solid punch not only in the lower revs as well as mid range, but also at the higher revs, making this little scooter a powerful tool for your daily riding duties.

The scooter conveys promising efficiency of 45-50 kmpl in this present reality condition, which is impressively lower than the opposition.

Braking and Handling

The Piaggio Vespa VXL 150 comes with larger 11-inch wheel at the front, which has been shared with VXL 125, thus making the ride quality and handling of the scooter easily the best in class.

The front 200mm disc brake and the rear 140mm drum brakes are the most powerful brakes seen on an Indian scooter, and give the Vespa VXL 150 an excellent braking capability. The tyres too are wider now – 110/70 x 11 front and 120/70 x 10 rear – which now set the benchmark for being the widest tyres available in a scooter.

All the above are also present in Vespa VLX 125 also, which reduces the gap between both the scooters.

Price

Piaggio has estimated the Vespa VXL 125 at an amazing high sticker price of Rs. 84,641, which comes at a premium of around Rs. 7,500 over the Vespa VXL 125. At the extra cost, you do get an all the more effective engine, and you ought to lean toward it, in the event that you needed long for a scooter with a substantially more intense introductory punch.

Verdict

The Piaggio Vespa VXL 150 takes the limits of creative energy facilitate, on the off chance that you felt that the VXL 125 was the best which the scooter section in India can get. The scooter holds the customary ideals of the first Vespa, the rundown of which incorporates the monocoque outline, retro plan and solid mechanicals. The scooters looks drop dead perfect, with the expansion of new components ended up being the good to beat all.