Lambretta scooters Brazil

Lambretta in Brazil was the first automobile factory in the country, even before the automobile industry. Founded in 1955, in the Lapa district in Sao Paulo, the Lambretta SA company built on the worldwide success of the Lambretta scooter, in the 50's. The production of the Lambretta, between 1958 and 1960 reached its peak, with an annual production of 50,000 units per year. Later the firm became known as Pasco, after the owner whose name was Pascowitch. In Brazil, the word “lambreta” is used as a synonym for “scooter”.


Nowadays local production has ceased and Lambrettas and other scooter brands are imported, mostly from Asia. But they are all still called Lambretas in Brazil. Above, sexy biracial Brazilian model Emanuela de Paula poses with a Lambreta.