VESPA book by ILO LORENZETTI – One. Nobody. Twelve thousand in Italian

The legacy that one of the most important figures in the Piaggio universe of the last fifty years, Ilo Lorenzetti (test driver, member of the acrobatic team, head of the Vespa relay at the Giro d'Italia, responsible for technical assistance in Italy and abroad ) left us a few days before his death: "One. Nobody. Twelve thousand" takes the reader into an unknown world, that of the workers of the Pontedera company whose name has remained obscure. Unknown figures, simple employees who every morning brought their own contribution to the growth of the Vespa jewel and all the other vehicles such as the Ape, Ciao, Boxer... The book collects a series of interviews with these men and women who, taken individually, are worth one, in production mass are zero, invisible, but put all together - twelve thousand in fact - they create a masterpiece that has existed for seventy-five years and still today makes Pontedera and Made in Italy famous in the world. In closing, the true story of the 1980 Paris-Dakar, when four Vespas faced the grueling test in the Sahara desert, relived in the words of three of the Piaggio mechanics who were protagonists of that incredible adventure. A book to be read in one sitting to immerse yourself in the personal and work experiences of these anonymous faces who can finally experience a well-deserved quarter of an hour of celebrity.