Piaggio Group seems to be overhauling its scooter portfolio in India. Test mules of Aprilia and Vespa scooters have been spied near Ooty, Tamil Nadu. We can expect these scooters to launch soon, making a greater impact in the premium end of 125cc and larger displacement category.
2025 Aprilia And Vespa Scooters Spied
Thanks to automotive enthusiast Ram Prasath, we now have spy shots of upcoming Aprilia and Vespa scooters. From these spy shots, there don’t seem to be any design changes, especially with Aprilia SR test mule. It could be both SR 125 or SR 160, as they look exactly the same from behind.
We can still see the same pillion grabrail that split a lot of opinions when it was announced. Rear LED tail lights are carried over too, with the rather stylish X-shaped insignia. Rear turn indicators are still halogen units and rear suspension looks the same single-sided mono-shock unit.
However, the main change expected with 2025 Aprilia SR scooter is a new TFT screen, as per the source. This TFT screen is also likely to be large in size, when compared to the usual 4-inch to 5-inch TFT instrument panels we see with scooters.
New TFT instrument cluster?
This new TFT cluster will replace the large orange-backlit fully digital LCD unit that first debuted with Aprilia SXR maxi-styled scooter. It shows a multitude of information including speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, temperature gauge, time, mileage, average mileage, distance to empty, trip computer readings and total odometer.
With the new TFT cluster, we can expect 2025 Aprilia SR scooters (at least the SR 160) to get Bluetooth connectivity and navigation support. The Vespa test mule doesn’t get this new TFT cluster as per the source and continues with the same analogue cluster it used to get. This 2025 Vespa scooter might be a ZX or VXL that gets a slightly re-designed pillion grab rail.
Powertrains-wise, we can expect the same 125cc engines (with Vespa and Aprilia), 150cc engine (with Vespa) and 160cc engine (with Aprilia) as before. Performance metrics are likely to remain the same as well. Launch might happen too, considering these test mules were not donning any camouflage.
Source: Bike - rushlane.com
