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Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:28 pm
by SpikeOne
MY only comment would be - How much!
I quite like them, they're pretty, but that looks way too expensive for anyones liking isn't it?
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:11 pm
by gn2
Yep, £3000 for a PX is about £1200 too much.
Then again, given how few of them are sold, the price may as well be £5000, the few people who really want them would still buy them at that price.
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:33 pm
by barryG
Oh come on £1800 is stupidly cheap, thats what you pay for cheap SYMs and the like. The PX is labour intensive to make and is made from metal, you know that stuff thats better than plastic! Your PCX is now £2500 and a BWS £2700 so the PX isnt priced too badly really, especially as its actually made in Europe and not some thried world country! Maybe it should be nearer £2500?
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:01 pm
by gn2
Plastic doesn't rust.
I wouldn't buy a PX for £3000, if it was £1800 I just might.
A Sym Fiddle 2 is only £1600
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:15 pm
by StephenC
gn2 wrote:Plastic doesn't rust.
No scooter is made from all-plastic, they ALL have metal frames. The only difference with this one is that it has easily-swappable and dent-repairable metal body work.
Personally I hate the things anyway, but I can see why people like them. My own little weird-love is Vauxhall Magnums and Firenzas, and they were old even when they were launched. Each to their own.
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:19 pm
by barryG
Ive been looking at the how many left site and it states the following figures for 2011.
Vespa PX 125 2011.... 384 new registrations
Vespa LX 125.... 180
LML star 2t... 108
Yamaha BWS 125... 138
SYM Fiddle 125...125
Could go on but I think it shows the PX isnt selling too badly compared to some, cant find the PCX?
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:21 pm
by barryG
Heres a thing, it reckons Suzuki only sold 26 Burgman 400 L1 models last year!!!!!! Also, there are only 54 Xevo 400s on the UK roads.... surely Suzuki sold more than 26?
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:30 pm
by gn2
The PCX is listed under it's full designation WW 125 EX2-A
http://howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/honda_ww_125_ex2-a
More of them sold in 2011 than all of those you listed added together.
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:36 pm
by gn2
barryG wrote:Heres a thing, it reckons Suzuki only sold 26 Burgman 400 L1 models last year!!!!!! Also, there are only 54 Xevo 400s on the UK roads.... surely Suzuki sold more than 26?
They did, two hundred and one L0 models
http://howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=an400
There are over two hundred Xevo 400s on the roads
http://howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/piaggio_xevo_400
Re: Piaggio are saved!
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:49 pm
by barryG
I said L1s... only 26 in 2011.