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