Viberti is an Italian manufacturer of
trailers
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Transportation
* Trailer (vehicle), an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle
** Bicycle trailer, a wheeled frame for hitching to a bicycle to tow cargo or passengers
** Full-trailer
** Semi-trailer
**Horse trailer ...
and former producer of
utility vehicle
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Types of utility vehicles
Military light u ...
s,
buses and
mopeds
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.
History
The company was founded in 1922 to build civilian and military transport vehicles and was a supplier to the Italian armed forces during
World War II
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. One of its products was the ''
Sahariana''
armored car, but Viberti was better known by its integral ''Monotral'' chassisless self-supporting coaches and buses.
Viberti also made the ''Vi-Vi''
moped
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from 1955 until 1957 in alliance with the
German
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motorcycle
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producer
Victoria
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* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
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.
In 2011 the trademark Viberti was sold to the Italian manufacturer Acerbi. Since 2016 Viberti is part of the
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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manufacturing group
Wielton.
See also
*
Pegaso
*
Bus manufacturing
References
External links
Viberti webpage
Turin motor companies
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1922
Italian companies established in 1922
Italian brands
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