While I personally never understood the appeal of three-wheeled scooters, it’s clear that the market for them is pretty stable, if not growing. Piaggio has been selling the MP3 scooter for quite some time now, and so, too, has Yamaha, with its Tricity. Peugeot also has its own iteration of a three-wheeled scooter. For the 2022 model year, Piaggio is expected to drop a new MP3, and based on what we’ve heard so far, there are quite a few changes.
Of course, in keeping with industry trends, the name of the game is more features, higher power output, and lighter weight. Whether or not the new MP3 ticks these boxes in the real world remains to be seen. Piaggio is expected to debut the new three-wheeler by June, 2022. Until then, all we have to go for are procurers and a few speculations. For starters, we do know that the new MP3 500 will get a bump in displacement. The old version had a 493cc single cylinder engine, while the new model gets a 530cc powerplant. It will, however, retain its single-cylinder layout.
