A group of businesspeople from the Basque Country established “Lambretta Locomociones SA” in 1952 and were granted permission to produce Lambretta scooters in Spain. A specially constructed plant was created in Eibar (Guipuzcoa), Spain and production of scooters started in 1954.
Lambretta LD 2nd Series 125cc (123.7cc) is on display as part of the Walter Ankli Collection at Caldes de Boi, in Catalonia.
The scooters’ were immediately popular but, in 1964, the business began operating under the revised name Serveta SA for commercial purposes. Initially all the Serveta production was destined for the Spanish sector, but they were being exported to the UK by 1970.
This is a photo of the old Lambretta premises in Eibar
Then, in 1982, the company changed its name again, this time to Lambretta SAL following a change of ownership. The big downturn in the Spanish motorcycle market saw the company change hands again in 1985 and production was transferred to a shared factory in Amurrio. Sadly, by the late 1980s, sales had fallen even further, and scooters were only being built on a “made to order” batch basis. Production finally ceased in 1989.
Lambretta Motocarro Type D 125cc (1952-53) displayed at the Museo de la Moto y Coche Clasica, 10700 Hervás, Cáceres, Spain
The production of Lambretta scooters in Spain had outlasted that in Italy (1979), with Spanish factories continuing a full 10 years after production ceased in Italy.
Lambretta 125A from 1954 coupled to a GEFE Sidecar and photographed at the Museo de la Motocicleta Española, 28802 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
This Lambretta (apparently the 3,000,000th) was on display at the 2024 Castañeda Feria.
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