Few brands capture the spirit of Italian cool and flamboyance quite like Ferrari and Vespa. The timelines of the Prancing Horse and Piaggio’s flagship export overlap almost seamlessly, with the first Ferrari-badged car coming just months after the inaugural 98 cc Vespa scooter began production in the summer of 1946. From then to the present day, both marques have evolved to dominate their respective supercar and scooter markets—Ferrari carving a niche for performance and power; Vespa for economical everyday transport with a characterful Italian twist.

Collaboration between the two titans of Italian manufacturing has been scant, yet all-the-more celebrated for its rarity. In 2001, Piaggio unveiled the Vespa Ferrari ET4 150 as a dedication to Scuderia Ferrari for its Championship success in the preceding year’s Formula 1 season. The scooter was customised with the names of Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Jean Todt, Michael Schumacher, and Rubens Barrichello, finished in classic Ferrari red and featuring a leather seat upholstered with the material used for Maranello’s finest road cars. Since the unique ET4 was revealed, Scuderia drivers and crew were spotted using the bike in Formula 1 pit lanes around the world.

Piaggio later discontinued the Vespa ET4 and replaced it with the LX in 2005, named for its Roman numerals marking the impending 60th anniversary of the company’s first scooter. Available with engine capacities ranging from 50 to 150 cc, the LX brought with it stylistic updates yet early models deployed a similar air-cooled, carburettor-fed engine found in the earlier model, paired with an automatic “twist and go” transmission.

Company bosses as Piaggio’s Potendera headquarters could not resist another tie-in with the famous marque from Maranello. The Vespa LX 125 ‘Ferrari Edition’ broke cover in 2006, revealed with limited fanfare owing to its extreme exclusivity. It is believed that only seven examples were made and offered to selected customers only. Like the earlier ET4, the LX 125 ‘Ferrari Edition’ was finished in the same classic shade of red, with a suede seat trimmed with leather used in Ferrari cars. In the instance of the newer bike, the seat was made by Schedoni with material used in Scuderia Ferrari team cars from 1983 to 2004. A “Cavallino Rampante” badge was prominently applied to the front of the leg shield.

The example offered here is documented by its accompanying Certificate of Origin, issued by Vespa Archivio Ufficiale (available to view on file), as being completed by the Pontedera factory in 2005 and sold by Piaggio to Ferrari in June 2006. At that point the scooter gained its unique Ferrari features and is believed to have been sold through a Ferrari store in Maranello. The Vespa has been scarcely used, with its odometer showing only 2,128 kilometres at the time of cataloguing. It is offered for sale with its owner’s manual and Ferrari pouches.

The result of an exclusive tie-in between two of Italy’s most famous automotive brands, this rare ‘Ferrari Edition’ bike would be a worthy addition to any collection of scooters or supercars.