Schwinn and Vento Scooters' Question

runtotorun121 · Post by **runtotorun121** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:38 am

Okay, my husband wants to know which countries makes the Schwinn and Vento scooters.

Who knows the answer to this?

donkin · Post by **donkin** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:40 am

I checked Schwinn's website and a couple of the owners manuals says "Made in China".

Here's the link:

http://www.schwinnscooters.com/support/newport_50.pdf

runtotorun121 · Post by **runtotorun121** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:05 am

Hmm. Thank you. I looked at the Schwinn website but didn't think to look at a manual. I skimmed it but didn't see where it said the scooter was made, but if you saw China I believe you!

olhogrider · Post by **olhogrider** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:16 am

My sister has a Schwinn. Mainland China.

DennisD · Post by **DennisD** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:22 pm

Vento, mainland China. Assembly plant in Laredo, Texas.

http://vento.com/

donkin · Post by **donkin** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:02 pm

Last Page of the manual. Down by the logo.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:58 pm

The only assembly they do in the vento factory is inserting the front tire and handle bar grips.

addictionriot · Post by **addictionriot** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:05 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sc ... ufacturers

Lists their origin

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:08 pm

I noticed some big chinese importers are listed as made in USA on that list.

KCScooterDude · Post by **KCScooterDude** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:17 pm

Schwinn went bankrupt in the '90s and Chinese companies bought the trademark. That's why you can now buy a $90 Schwinn bike at Wal-Mart (sorry, with the new logo I guess now it's Walmart *). Schwinn scoots are made in China.

Despite what others might say, not all stuff from mainland China is crap. I was very happy with my Tank 150 scooter, keeping in mind that I didn't expect much from a $1,500 scooter. Motor was solid and it did the job just fine. I had a dealer that would fix anything that went wrong (nothing did). I did buy it as a means to an end, which is why I now own a Blur.

One man's opinion.