lol Cantdrive55,
CPI (or Qianjiang (QJ) Motorcycles of China), is the mother brand, with Vento, Strada, Yamati, MZ, United Motors, ect... being clones of it. The CPI Hussar/Oliver has so many clones out there it is not even funny.
The store I am associated with sells (or has sold) all these brands and it was quite common to see a mixture of parts, both in trim and mechanical.
Vento has been somewhat successful in pulling the wool over both the dealer network and the general public eye's with the "made in USA" dung. They import their "badged" scooters from China and do a minor amount of assembly in Laredo, Texas.
The first of the QJ machines to reach the US shores was actually the 2002 Mz RX50, and at that time production was actually controlled from Taiwan. Even then, most dealers were naive enough to believe those scooters were made in Europe, alongside the nice Mz Motorcycles, lol.
scootertrog