Vespa GTS Super

There is no denying the fact that people majorly purchase Vespa for their iconic design, which has become synonymous with retro-themed scooters in all these decades. The Vespa GTS Super is one of the most modern iterations of that very iconic design language and is also the biggest Vespa to date in terms of size.

The Vespa GTS Super has got the trademark curved apron at the front, which looks wide when viewed head-on and sports a tie-shaped central design element, having triple small air vents at its bottom. At the top of this vertically-arranged tie-like element, there is a logo of Piaggio. The sides of this front apron have clear lens vertically-aligned turn indicators, while the curved handlebar cowl at the top gets a bulged rounded LED headlamp surrounded by chrome.

Vespa has generously used chrome in the design of the Vespa, which is evident in the chrome-finished rounded rearview mirrors, handlebar ends and front fender element. Even the boundaries of the front apron get chrome treatment, which extends towards the rear ends of the floorboard. The floorboard here gets a split design with a partition hump in the middle – a typical Vespa trait.

The back part of the front apron of the Vespa GTS Super gets a closed luggage compartment, which has triple air vents with hexagonal mesh on the sides. The satin silver rear footrests are neatly recessed in the rear part of the central hump. The rounded rear side body panels have six horizontal vents on them, while the exhaust muffler is placed below the right panel with a chrome shield above it. The five-spoke alloy wheels of the Vespa GTS Super have white-coloured stripes over their circumference.

The Vespa GTS Super has a long single seat, which is good enough to accommodate two full-sized adults and ends up with a tubular chrome-finished grab handle at the back. The rear panels of the scooter have the tail lamp assembly placed on the back. While the clear lens turn indicators are placed on the rear part of the curved side body panels, the tail lamp sits in the middle with chrome surrounds.

The GTS Super 300 and GTS SuperSport 300 variants get a part-digital instrument console, which has chrome inserts on the former and piano-black inserts on the latter. This unit gets an analogue speedometer and an LCD panel, with the latter having a fuel gauge, clock and odometer on display. The instrument console of the GTS Super Tech 300 is a fully-digital unit, which shows all the data available on display in the other two variants.

The Vespa GTS Super sits on the iconic monocoque frame, which has become the backbone of Vespa scooters in all these years. The Vespa GTS Super gets a single-sided trailing link at the front and a single-sided shock absorber at the rear. Riding on 12-inch alloy wheels with 120/70-12 tyre at the front and 130/70-12 tyre at the rear, the Vespa GTS Super gets 220mm disc brakes at both ends.

The Vespa GTS Super gets the biggest engine in Vespa’s current lineup – a four-stroke, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, 278cc engine. Mated to a conventional CVT gearbox, this engine produces 23.8 bhp of maximum power and 22.3 Nm of maximum torque output.

The Vespa GTS Super gets ABS, engine immobiliser and traction control as standard, and in the Super Tech 300 variant, it also gets a Bluetooth-operated unit which supports navigation, call and SMS alerts and manages music playlists.

The Vespa GTS Super is one excellent product, which impresses with its sense of style, refined and powerful engine and agile handling. While it might not be as rich as other premium scooters in its price range, it makes up for its status quo, which makes it the most desirable neo-retro scooter in the market right now.