The name Vespa inevitably makes us think of the most famous scooter in the world, but as enthusiasts know well that it is not just that. Indeed, The Vespa 400 of this article is a rear-engined microcar, produced by ACMA in Fourchambault, France, from 1957 to 1961 to the designs of the Italian Piaggio company.… Read More Unplugged: 1959 ACMA Vespa 400
This car wanted to be the anti-Fiat 500, unfortunately it was produced too late so it lost the war with the more famous Italian competitor. Nonetheless it was sold in good numbers: when it was exhibited for the first time this little and cute car had more than 20,000 reservations which was a successful debut… Read More Two wheels more: 1960 ACMA Vespa 400
Of course we’ve not published this car for its attractive asking price, but because it’s a testimony about how these cars were treated before they were worth a lot of money. Indeed this 400 Gt was born exactly as Ferruccio Lamborghini used to make them but, maybe ten years after this car leaved the factory… Read More Past comes back: 1967 Lamborghini 400 GT
Even the Ferrari 400 series, which has always been an affordable way to put your foot into the Ferrari world, in the last years has began to reach high prices. Luckily there are still cars around which are not so expensive, and this is one of those. This is an automatic version of this grand… Read More Ocean twelve: 1979 Ferrari 400 Automatic
Differently from what you could suppose, the Vespa 400 was built in France by ACMA (a Piaggio spin-off), because Piaggio wanted to avoid any commercial conflict with Fiat which, back then, was the incumbent little cars producer and the most powerful economic (and not only) institution in Italy. Jumping back to this car, the seller bought… Read More Four-wheeled scooter: 1961 Vespa 400S
I remember that when I was young I got crazy watching the sleek profile of this car which is actually an italian muscle car. It’s low, confortable, plenty of power and heavy and it has stance. From some angles the early ’70’s heritage is evident but no one could say that this car has not… Read More Eternal underdog: 1980 Ferrari 400i
