
The Story of Peugeot Motocycles
THE OLDEST MOTORCYCLE BRAND IN THE WORLD
1810: Birth of the PEUGEOT brand, with Jean-Pierre & Jean-Frédéric Peugeot launching a metal industry factory near Sochaux (25, France)
1882: First Peugeot bicycles and tricycles
1898: First Peugeot motorbike (Dion Bouton engine)
1905: 1st world motorbike with bicylinder in V 45°
1907: Victory at the1st Tourist Trophy edition (Isle of Man)
1914: Motorbike kilometer world record at 122,49 km/h
1923: Victory at the prestigious GP of Nations
1934: 9 world records for P515
1952: Bol d’Or and Le Mans victory with the P176
1953: Launch of the first Peugeot Scooter S55
1968: Launch of the « 100 » family moped
1974: Sales record for Peugeot 103 mopeds (550 000 units)
1982: Launch of SC/SX, a new generation scooter with plastic bodywork, in europe
1987: Cycles Peugeot becomes Peugeot Motocycles
1996: Launch of Scoot’Elec, the first electric scooter
2002: Launch of Elystar, the first scooter equipped with ABS braking system
2010: Peugeot Motocycles becomes Peugeot Scooters The brand celebrate its 200 years old
2013: Launch of Peugeot Metropolis 400, the first 3 wheels scooter
2014: Launch of Django, the neo retro scooter with hyper-customisation
2015: Launch of Speedfight 4, continuation one of the best scooter in the world









