Article: 2-wheel low down; 2010 HONDA SH150i SCOOTER.(NEWS)

Byline: BARRY WINFIELD

The best-selling scooter in Italy is actually a Honda, according to company spokesmen. It is the SH150i, designed and manufactured by Honda Italy. Remarkably, it's never been available in the United Statesuntil now. But tightening emissions regulations have signaled the end for Honda's aging Helix and Reflex models, and a recent upgrade of the SH150 (adding electronic fuel injection and that "i suffix) earmarked it for import into our market.

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