- Mopeds India Limited
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Mopeds India Limited Type defunct Industry Automotive Founded 1965, Coimbatore Headquarters Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, India Key people VLB Group, Founders Products Suvega Employees n/a Mopeds India Limited was a two wheeler manufacturer based in India, which produces the Suvega range of Mopeds under technical collaboration with Motobécane of France. Its first model was the Motobécane Mobylette sold under the name Suvega Super 50.
History
The company was incorporated in Coimbatore as Mopeds India Limited by the textile group VLB under V. L. Balakrishnan. The plant was set up in early 1960s in Tirupathi. Though the central office was in Coimbatore, R&D was done in the Thirupathi plant. The first model, the Motobécane Mobylette, was designed in 1949 in France but was manufactured in several countries for the next 48 years, finally selling close to over 14 million mopeds.
Motobécane Mobylette was manufactured in India as Mopeds India Suvega
Models
The models manufactured by Mopeds India were
- Suvega Super 50 - The original Motobécane Mobylette and the largest selling model.
- Suvega 717 -
- Suvega Samrat - Indianised Moped with a Fuel tank placed like a motorcycle
- Suvega Super Delux -
External links
Categories:- Motorcycle manufacturers of India
- Indian automobiles
- Moped manufacturers
- Defunct companies of India
- Coimbatore District
- Companies based in Tamil Nadu
- Companies based in Coimbatore
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