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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Motorcycle |
Founded | 1945 |
Founder | Ivano Beggio |
Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Rocco Sabelli (CEO) |
Products | Motorcycles & Scooters |
Parent | Piaggio Group |
Website | aprilia.com |
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio.[1] The company started as a manufacturer of bicycles and moved on to manufacture scooters and small-capacity motorcycles.[1] Since in the 1980s, Aprilia has also produced large sportbikes such as the 1,000 cc V-twin RSV Mille and the V4 RSV4.
Aprilia has supported a strong motorsport competition program, beginning with motocross racing and later an achieving sucesso in road racing championships program.[1][2] The company was acquired by Piaggio Group in 2004.[3]