The Genuine Scooter Company was founded by Philip McCaleb. In 1989, McCaleb started restoring and selling vintage Vespa and Lambretta scooters out of his garage giving birth to Scooterworks USA. In 2002, Scooterworks acquired manufacturing equipment to build new vintage scooters, which resulted in the StellaS and the Genuine Scooter Company was born. Since then, other models have emerged such as the Buddy, the Rattler, the Blur, the Black Cat, and the Roughhouse.