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Beta

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Latest archived mark · 1986

Aprilia

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What we compare	Beta	Aprilia
Country in archive	Italy	Italy
Founded	1904	1945
Founder	Giuseppe Bianchi	Alberto Beggio
Headquarters	Rignano sull'Arno, Tuscany, Italy	Noale, Veneto, Italy
Name origin	Wikipedia says the name Beta comes from the initials of Bianchi, Enzo and Tosi, Arrigo, who ran the company at that time. The company traces its start to a bicycle maker founded by Giuseppe Bianchi.	Wikipedia states that Aprilia was named after the pre-war Lancia Aprilia, a car. The company was founded by Cavaliere Alberto Beggio in Noale, near Venice, so the name is not a family surname.
Highlights	Trials bikes, RR enduro, Evo, X-Trainer	RS125, RSV Mille, Tuono V4, RSV4
Earliest archived brand logo	—	1945
Latest archived logo	undated	1986
Archived logo assets	1	4

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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