Ducati Cucciolo sport
The Ducati Cucciolo was a 4-stroke clip-on engine conceived during and shortly after WWII
The first prototype was running on the streets of Torino in Autumn of 1944 giving 77 km per liter of fuel when installed on a bicycle.
In 1945 the intention to sell Cucciolo engines have been announced.
to the public.
It was the first new automotive design to appear in postwar Europe.
In 1952, with 200,000 Cucciolos already sold, Ducati finally offered its own complete moped based on the successful little pull rod engine produced until 1954. The following models were becoming more and more real motorcycles, with pressed-steel frames. The engine capacity grew to 60cc and finally to 65cc
The Cucciolo engine was gradually replaced by the "98" model line which started in 1952 and its production ended when the 65 line was dropped in 1958.
