Piaggio Ape Truk launched - Team-BHP

Mpower · 1st June 2007, 22:02

Ace fighter arrives at 2.15 lakh

The Hindu Business Line : Piaggio plans &#8364 65 m diesel engine facility in Pune

NIP · 1st June 2007, 22:51

looks prettier than the ace

now we'll find these lil buggers racing with the aces on all our roads !

salilpawar1 · 2nd June 2007, 11:44

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Ace fighter arrives at 2.15 lakh

The Hindu Business Line : Piaggio plans &#8364 65 m diesel engine facility in Pune

Tata Ace has some serious competition now !!!!

Mayavi · 2nd June 2007, 11:46

errr... couldn't they come up with a better name than Ape? are they trying to 'ape' TATA 'Ace'.

Monster_BHP · 2nd June 2007, 18:36

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Originally Posted by Mayavi

errr... couldn't they come up with a better name than Ape? are they trying to 'ape' TATA 'Ace'.

Whats wrong with Ape we are Apes too.

Looks decent and a tiny bit bigger than the ACE!!! anyone know whats the pricing going to be like?

007 Bond · 2nd June 2007, 19:39

Well now we are going to witness lot of action in SLCV segment. ACE has got tough competition. with APE Truck ...next coming minifour & amw's quadricycle. Lets see how ACE lives upto compedition.

esteem_lover · 2nd June 2007, 20:15

Welcome ape. anything to give the tata/leyland guys a run

salilpawar1 · 3rd June 2007, 19:13

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Originally Posted by Mayavi

errr... couldn't they come up with a better name than Ape? are they trying to 'ape' TATA 'Ace'.

Ape is Piaggio's world famous brand name which is much older than that of Ace.

maxbhp · 3rd June 2007, 19:16

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Originally Posted by Monster_BHP

Whats wrong with Ape we are Apes too.

Looks decent and a tiny bit bigger than the ACE!!! anyone know whats the pricing going to be like?

Its clearly mentioned as 2.15lakhs in one of the posts.

v1p3r · 3rd June 2007, 20:25

It's pronounced aah-pay, which means bee in Italian. Not ape, as in simian semi-human.

Zappo · 4th June 2007, 02:16

Hmmm... that sliding front is nice. But I think they lost the plot somewhere around the headlight-grill level. That part is a bit jarring. In fact thinner, elongated headlamps with a more sober grill would have made this truk a looker, IMO.

abhibh · 4th June 2007, 03:27

man seriously i m considering do i buy this or M800 now :S confused

spadival · 4th June 2007, 10:05

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Originally Posted by Mayavi

errr... couldn't they come up with a better name than Ape? are they trying to 'ape' TATA 'Ace'.

AFAIK, APE is the name of the company, not the truck.

GTO · 4th June 2007, 10:41

Looks like the astounding success of Tata's ace has gotten everyones attention. How does this compare to the Ace in terms of utility, since that will be the criteria to choose between the Ape and the Ace.

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Piaggio Vehicles' sales of commercial three-wheelers crossed 1.4 lakh vehicles in 2006. It has a production capacity of 1.50 lakh vehicles a year.

Where is Piaggio going to fit in the production of the Ape? Only 10,000 per year? Doesnt sound right but the news article does not mention any production expansion plans.

CrAzY dRiVeR · 4th June 2007, 11:33

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Originally Posted by GTO

Looks like the astounding success of Tata's ace has gotten everyones attention. How does this compare to the Ace in terms of utility, since that will be the criteria to choose between the Ape and the Ace.

As per the article... Its a 482cc engine... Compared to 700cc on the ace... No idea of the power figures comparison though...

However, its got a 5 speed gearbox compared to the 4 speed on the Ace...

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007 Bond BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 143	Well now we are going to witness lot of action in SLCV segment. ACE has got tough competition. with APE Truck ...next coming minifour & amw's quadricycle. Lets see how ACE lives upto compedition. __________________ I Don't Drive Fast, I Fly Slowly Bond

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