Until recently, scooters were not that popular in the USA. But somehow your grandma could always associate Vespas with Italy. Have you ever wondered how?

It is all because of the 1953, William Wyler movie, Roman Holiday. The award winning movie starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, was a big hit throughout the world in the 50s. In fact, the actors riding through the streets of Rome on a Vespa caused not only the gluing of the words Vespa and Italy together in millions of minds, but it also resulted in more than 100,000 Vespa sales.

If you haven’t seen the movie, watch the trailer here.

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Italian fashion brand Diesel added motorcycle helmets to its collection. The half face helmets resemble an air force pilot’s helmet with a touch of a mohawk look through the leather patch at the top center.

Unfortunately, these stylish helmets come only as half face.

Also read Half face or a full face helmet?

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Congratulations to Vespa Italy’s website for winning the People’s Voice Webby Award for 2011 within the Automotive category. The Webby Awards have been the leading international awards for honoring excellence on the Internet since 1996.

Two Webby Awards are available for each category, The Webby Award and The People’s Voice Award. Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences select the nominees for both awards in each category, as well as the winners of the Webby Awards. However, people vote online to determine the winner of The People’s Voice Award.

The winners of the 15th International Webby Awards were announced through a Press Release on May 3, 2011. The 15th Annual Webby Awards ceremony will take place on June 13, 2011, at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. The event is planned to be broadcasted live through Facebook to millions of viewers Worldwide. For more details on the Webby Awards live broadcast on Facebook, visit their Facebook page.

To see a a complete list of 2011 Webby Awards winners, visit the Webby Awards website.

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