Vespa Strada Original. MV Agusta (Italian pronunciation [ˈɛmme ˈvu aguːsta] full name MV AGUSTA Motor SpA original name Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is a motorcycle manufacturer founded by Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of the Agusta aircraft company near Milan in Cascina Costa Italy The abbreviation MV stands for Meccanica.

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Marcello Mastroianni appears twice in the film His photo is stuck on Alberto and Luca’s makeshift Vespa and a clip of Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) which he starred in can be glimpsed on a TV in a neighbor’s house when Giulia and Luca are walking on the roofs of Portorosso The homage goes on in the french version of the film as Marcello Mastroianni’s.

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Although 1400 units were ordered with deliveries to begin in May 1919 the end of the war caused the original order to be canceled and only 100 were delivered The first Fiat 3000s entered service in 1921 and were officially designated as the carro d’assalto Fiat 3000 Mod 21 (Italian for “Fiat 3000 assault tank Model 21″).