Vespa RED Edition Launched

pIaggIo IndIa have launched the vespa Red edition, priced at Rs 87,009 (ex-showroom). The scooter remains unchanged as compared to a standard variant; however, the company has launched it to fight the menace of hIv aIds.

vespa have announced that they will donate $50 (Rs 3,300 approx) to the global Fund to Fight aIds in India for every scooter sold in the country. They went on to add that the money generated from the sale of one scooter can provide more than 165 days of life-saving medication.

The new scooter was unveiled by Bollywood actor and un Women goodwill ambassador, Farhan akhtar. In addition to presenting the scooter, akhtar was gifted a scooter, becoming the first owner of the vespa Red is an organisation founded in 2006 and has raised more than $450 million for the global Fund to help people ailing from tuberculosis, aIds, and malaria. one of their primary intentions is to make sure that a mother with hIv does not pass the virus on to her unborn child.