This thing is the revamped Piaggio MP3 – the Yourban. The revolutionary MP3 has been round for a few years now but this new version has shed some cake, lost a few critical inches from its waistband and is easier to slice through the city as a

PIAGGIO has released a new 300cc version of the company's three-wheel MP3 scooter, to replace the existing 250cc version. The new electronically fuel-injected 300cc engine now churns out a claimed 22.5 bhp at 6,500 rpm and torque of 17ft-lb torque

of Piaggio's MP3 Yourban, on the rain-soaked and slippery roads around Cannes. Enjoy.

HERE'S THE official video from Piaggio explaining the latest technology used on their new MP3 Hybrid.The company claim a staggering 140mpg+ from their funky three-wheeler, which is the world's first plug-in motorcycle to combine a petrol engine

You've got to really want this for £8000PIAGGIO IS going to put its hybrid MP3 three-wheeler scooter on sale to the general public this summer.First shown as a protoype at the 2007 Milan Show, it's the usual type of thing with the bike, conventional

Piaggio MP3 LT400 ... safer than two wheels?Piaggio has just launched what they reckon will sway all those London-luvvies who find the whole concept of two wheels a bit scary. The MP3 LT is a 400cc scooter with one big difference, an extra wheel

automatic gearchange mode, or semi-automatic, depending on whether you want to use your left boot. Clever stuff. Piaggio's funky MP3 LT is also available for test. The 400cc 'trike' can be ridden on just a car licence. Anyone interested in test riding

Could this be BMW's first electric machine? BMW ARE rumoured to have an electric-powered scooter in the pipeline for 2011 and here's what design guru Oberdan Bezzi thinks it may look like.Piaggio recently unveiled their new hybrid MP3 - a plug

and copyright infringment. The Yiben YB 250 ZKT is a direct copy of the Piaggio MP3, claim those who tipped off the Guardia di Finanza.Yiben are a subsidiary of Kaitong Industrial, a Chinese manufacturer of over 85 powered two wheelers with a workforce of over

, it's more like a Piaggio MP3 in terms of its cornering – the main body of the machine and all three wheels lean into corners. That means the handling should be far closer to that of a conventional bike.Is Can-Am really going to make the leaning