Scarabeo 50

The Aprilia Scarabeo 50 is the small-displacement version of Aprilia’s Scarabeo high-wheel scooter line, first presented to the public in September 1993. Aprilia positioned it as an urban city scooter with a focus on easy handling, lightness, and low running costs, and the Scarabeo quickly became the model that defined the nameplate in modern form. The Scarabeo name itself was not new to Aprilia: it had originally been used on a 50 cc Aprilia off-road machine from the early 1970s, but the 1993 scooter established the name as a road-going urban model with a distinctive large-wheel, retro-modern look. Over time, Scarabeo 50 evolved through several updates and revisions rather than being replaced outright, including major refreshes that brought newer two-stroke and four-stroke variants and updated styling. Aprilia’s later official Scarabeo communications continued to treat the 50 cc model as the entry point to the range, emphasizing its city-focused character and long-running popularity. It became one of Aprilia’s most recognizable scooter nameplates and an important part of the brand’s urban mobility identity.