Not tring to defend any thing stated above as every one has his own observations but for a fact in my vew
Piaggio has been around for the past 3+ years and has slow lets say almost no growth in terms of sale and this bike has been a rare sighting.
but another fact that despite of increased price now compared to its introductory price Piaggio can be sighted more frequently as the sales have definetly increased in the past 6 to 8 month.
now I dont know why n how but thats my own observation !