Officially launched in Malaysia are the 2026 Vespa Officina 8 GTV 300, priced at RM37,900, and the Officina 8 Sprint 150, with a retail price of RM22,000. Pricing doesn’t include road tax, insurance and registration, and the Officina 8 only is available in one color option, Blu Officina 8, in reference to the work wear of the Piaggio factory staff.
The Officina 8 ame is a reference to the post-war Experimental Department within the Piaggio plant in Pontedera, Italy. Meaning workshop or works in Italian, Officina 8 was a bit of the Piaggio factory which produced ground breaking scooters, including the design and subsequent prototyping of the primary Vespa, each for mass production, and, for racing and breaking records.
Apart from the special blue used on the Officina 8, the logos are embellished in gold paint, as are the wheels. One other special touch on the Officina 8 is the seat, with double contrast stitching embellished b y polished brass rivets, while the GTV 300 variant gets a rear cowl cover mimicking the racing Vespa of the Nineteen Fifties.
Each model variants get bar end mirrors within the racing style, while the GTV 300 gets a bare handle bar mount with round LCD display, and the Sprint 150 include conventional handlebar cover and combination analogue and digital display.
Each the Officina 8 GTV 300 and Sprint 150 are based on current model Vespas within the lineup. The GTV 300 comes with a single-cylinder a single-cylinder, four-valve, liquid cooled 300 cc Vespa HPE mill, producing 23.8 HP, with the headlight mounted on the front mudguard in a nod to Vespa’s racing history.
Meanwhile, the Officina 8 Sprint 150 include an air-cooled, single-cylinder i-GET engine with three-valves and displacing 154 cc. Power for the Sprint 150 is claimed to be 12.5 hp 7,750 rpm with a maximum torque of 12.3 Nm at 6,750 rpm.
This Article First Appeared At paultan.org
