Piaggio was founded in 1884 in Genoa, Italy, by Rinaldo Piaggio, initially building locomotives and railway carriages before moving into aviation. After the Second World War the company turned to personal transport, and in 1946 it launched the Vespa, designed by Corradino D'Ascanio, which became the most famous scooter in history and reshaped urban mobility across Europe and far beyond.

Today Piaggio is the heart of the Piaggio Group, which also owns Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Derbi, and its headquarters are in Pontedera, Tuscany. Under the Piaggio name itself the company builds a broad range of scooters, from the practical Liberty and Beverly to the innovative three-wheeled MP3, machines known for Italian design, solid construction and continuous technical development over many decades.

The workshop manuals in this section cover complete engine service and overhaul, transmission and variator work, brakes, suspension, fuel and ignition systems, full electrical and wiring diagrams, torque specifications, diagnostic procedures and the scheduled maintenance Piaggio recommends for each model and market. Instructions follow the sequence used in Piaggio workshops and include the measurements, clearances and settings needed to complete each job correctly.

They are written for DIY owners who service their own scooters with confidence, independent garages that work on Italian machines for customers, and restorers preserving earlier Piaggio and Vespa models with accurate factory documentation that is often difficult to obtain anywhere else.