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o the scooter naysayers, I challenge wheeled transport, aren’t we? And we ride
you to a duel: Ride to a bottle-o real motorcycles, don’t we? Yes, we are and
through heavy metro traffic and load yes, we do. But that run on the scoot made
Tup as much as your wide-panniered life pretty damn easy, though, didn’t it? Err,
motorcycle can carry. Not only will I be able yes, it did. So why not just have both?
to carry more plonk, gin and tins than you, While the Honda NSC110 Dio and Suzuki
by the time you’ll have returned, I’ll also be Address 110 are the top-sellers, there are
on my second drink. Cheers. plenty others out there that go beyond the
Friendly competition aside, if traffic role of delivering food and competing in
congestion is part of your daily life and retro beauty pageants.
you’ve never ridden a scooter, give one a Peugeot is expanding. Now entirely owned
go. Take it for a quick run up to your E U G E O by Indian automotive giant Mahindra, the
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bottle-o or Aldi and take note of how P P T French brand’s Chinese-built scooter
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much stuff the little thing carries with LAUNCH range made its local debut early last
ease. Also note how soon you’ll be REPORT year headlined by the Django 150. We
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back. “Jeez, that was quick. And you E L V I L L E E 2 2 0 0 tested it, enjoyed it and found it a sweet,
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came back with all that?!” This could smile-inducing head-turner that oozes
be a light-bulb moment for you, and that’s ’50s retro charm, right down to the authentic
before learning scooters are comparatively 12-inch wheels that have a bit of a knack for
cheap to buy and cost next to nothing to run. attracting bumps.
For those reasons and many more relating Now we have the Belville 200, with more
to the boom in food-delivery businesses, conventional 16-inch wheels to iron out
scooters were the only motorcycle segment said bumps while offering a bit more grunt
to grow in 2019, up by almost 16 per cent – in a more modern-looking, if conventional,
even if they still account for less than six premium package. And, you’re right, its name
per cent of the overall market. does sound like a kitchen appliance brand and
But let’s not get too carried away here. a little like a 350cc Italian scooter. Belville
We’re talking about cheap and cheerful two- is also the name of Lego for little girls and
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