On August 8, 1951, Romolo Ferri the speed record for the scooter category, on a stretch of motorway between Munich and Ingolstadt, Germany.

The red bullet – made of rubber, metal and plexiglass – reached 201 kilometers per hour. Bringing with it immense pride to the Lambretta Record’s manufacturer, Innocenti; its inventor, engineer Pierluigi Torre; and of course to Ferri, who continued to set records with his full-throttle, red Lambretta.

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