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display at the Paris Show featured a very shapely, nearly spherical top
that retracted rearwards. This would be replaced in production with a
tube-framed affair with large Plexiglas side panels and a fabric roof,
which tilted forwards over the windshield for entry.
The avolette Record Deluxe was the speed model, similar to the above
but with twin rear wheels for stability and a Maico 250-cubic centimeter
motor. This motor was used in the powerful Maicoletta scooter and
featured the famous “washing-machine” starter, which tick-tocked back
and forth until it kicked over center and started the motor.
an avolette Competition Deluxe model was deleted from the literature
early on, and it possibly became the rebodied Lambretta-engined
“new avolette,” which was shown at the Cycle-Salon in 1957 but
came to naught.