Aprilia Logo — Aprilia is a manufacturer Italian of motorcycles based in Noale, near Venice. It is part of the Italian group Piaggio SpA. The firm Aprilia born at the end of World War II’s desire Cavaliere Alberto Beggio to build bicycles. The brand is very successful, as the production went from 150 to 12.000 vehicles per year in 10 years. Paradoxically, the success in Italy is very relative.

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In 1968, the son of Alberto, Ivano, joined his father at the head of the company. Lying the construction of bike exceeded, it creates a prototype of 50 cm. Public reception is warm. The first models to go into production on a large scale are named Hummingbird, Daniela and Packi. They are followed shortly after by a road, the Scarabeo, presented in 1970 in two capacities, 50 and 125 cm. The Scarabeo remain in production for almost ten years. More

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Piaggio Logo — Piaggio is a company based in Italy that produces cars, motorcycles, scooters (scooters) and aircraft. Founded by Rinaldo Piaggio in 1884, Piaggio initially produced locomotives and railway cars. During World War I the company focused on the manufacture of airplanes.

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During World War II, the company manufactured fighter aircraft, but Piaggio emerged from the war with its plant in Pontedera completely demolished by bombing. The affected Italian economy and the sorry state of the roads did not help the rebirth of the automotive market. Enrico Piaggio, the son of the founder of Piaggio, decided to leave the aviation industry to meet the urgent need of an Italian modern transportation and economic time. The idea was to design an inexpensive car for the masses. More

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Vespa Logo — The Vespa is a line of motorcycle scooter first manufactured in Pontedera ( Italy ) in 1946 by Piaggio & Co SpA.

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The presentation of the first Vespa 15 bikes took place in April 1946 at the Golf Club of Rome. The parents of the new bike was the businessman Enrico Piaggio and aeronautical engineer Corradino D’Ascanio . After the Second World War , Piaggio had a vision of a comfortable means of transportation, easy to use and inexpensive. Piaggio commissioned a first draft to engineer Renzo Spolti, in which the new vehicle called Paperino, which means duck in Italian, with a design inspired by the folding motorcycle used by paratroopers English. The project’s first prototype did not convince Piaggio and aeronautical engineer turned to Corradino D’Ascanio . The engineer, who liked airplanes more motorbikes, designed a revolutionary vehicle for the time aspect: put the motor on the rear wheel and came up with the front arm thinking about the landing gear of an airplane. Legend has it that when Piaggio saw it, exclaimed, ” Beautiful, seeded a scooter “(Nice, looks like a wasp in Italian ), alluding to the shape of the vehicle: thicker rear part connected to the front by a slim waist , and handlebars as antennas . More

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Goodyear Logo — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth-mover machinery. Even though he had no connection with the company, it was named after Charles Goodyear. Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber in 1839. The first Goodyear tires became popular because they were easily detachable and low maintenance.

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Goodyear is known throughout the world for the Goodyear Blimp. The first Goodyear blimp flew in 1925. Today it is one of the most recognizable advertising icons in America. The company is the most successful tire supplier in Formula One history, with more starts, wins, and constructors’ championships than any other tire supplier. They pulled out of the sport after the 1998 season. It is the sole tire supplier for NASCAR series. Goodyear is a former component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. More

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Continental Logo — The Continental AG (short- Conti ) is a publicly traded company in the automotive industry , based in Hanover. Majority shareholder of the company after a takeover bid in 2008, the Schaeffler Group .

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The company can boast of about 164,000 employees who are employed at over 200 locations in 46 countries In Germany, Continental is the market leader in tire production , the company has evolved over the years, however, developed from a pure tire manufacturer into one of the largest automotive suppliers worldwide (in Europe, the Group is the number two) .
Elmar Degenhart on 12 August 2009 the new chairman of Continental AG determined. More

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Dunlop Logo — Dunlop is a manufacturer of tires and derivatives of rubber in the UK. Today, Dunlop owned by 75% to Goodyear and 25% to Sumitomo Rubber Industries. It is also a brand of tennis rackets.

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Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop founded the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company in 1889. The company developed the design of bicycle tires , the production derived from other companies. In 1902 he founded the company Dunlop Rubber would be devoted to the manufacture of tires, while diversifying their production began with the emergence of the first automobiles and airplanes . Throughout the 1920s, discoveries of foam latex Dunlop took to produce balls from golf to shoe tennis . More

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