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	'''Mopeds India Limited''' was a [[moped\|two-wheeler]] manufacturer based in India that produced and marketed the [[Suvega]] range of mopeds through technical collaboration with [[Motobécane]] of [[France]]. Its first model was the Motobécane [[Mobylette]] sold under the name Suvega Super 50.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite news\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \| date= 18 May 2010 \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ It was the first company in India to launch Mopeds in India which was the largest selling two-wheeler segment till 80's and was India's highest-selling moped throughout the early 1980s.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web \|title=Mopeds Take the Slow Road to Extinction \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-mopeds-take-the-slow-road-to-extinction-1276159 \|accessdate=27 April 2016 \|work=DNA – Daily News Analysis}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		'''Mopeds India Limited''' was a [[moped\|two-wheeler]] manufacturer based in India that produced and marketed the [[Suvega]] range of mopeds through technical collaboration with [[Motobécane]] of [[France]]. Its first model was the Motobécane [[Mobylette]] sold under the name Suvega Super 50.<ref>{{cite news\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \| date= 18 May 2010 \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> It was the first company in India to launch Mopeds in India which was the largest selling two-wheeler segment till 80's and was India's highest-selling moped throughout the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mopeds Take the Slow Road to Extinction \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-mopeds-take-the-slow-road-to-extinction-1276159 \|accessdate=27 April 2016 \|work=DNA – Daily News Analysis}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The company was incorporated in [[Coimbatore]] as Mopeds India Limited by the textile group [[KLV Group\|KLV]] under [[K.L.Varadarajan]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web\|title=Suvega Mopeds, the pride of Kovai\| url=http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/suvega-mopeds-the-pride-of-kovai-2/#.VyCkBNJ97IU\|work=The Covai Post\|accessdate=27 April 2016}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The manufacturing plant was set up in the early 1960s in [[Tirupati (city)\|Tirupathi]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite news\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \| date= 18 May 2010 \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The first model, the [[Motobécane]] [[Mobylette]], was designed in 1949 in [[France]] and was manufactured in several countries for the next 48 years, selling close to over 14 million mopeds. The company had a racing team as well and between the 1960s and 1980s it won most of the competition under the 50cc class in [[Sholavaram]] races. The company was closed in 1988. At one time, it was the largest manufacturer of mopeds in the country. The company operated as a public company.		The company was incorporated in [[Coimbatore]] as Mopeds India Limited by the textile group [[KLV Group\|KLV]] under [[K.L.Varadarajan]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Suvega Mopeds, the pride of Kovai\| url=http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/suvega-mopeds-the-pride-of-kovai-2/#.VyCkBNJ97IU\|work=The Covai Post\|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The manufacturing plant was set up in the early 1960s in [[Tirupati (city)\|Tirupathi]].<ref>{{cite news\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \| date= 18 May 2010 \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The first model, the [[Motobécane]] [[Mobylette]], was designed in 1949 in [[France]] and was manufactured in several countries for the next 48 years, selling close to over 14 million mopeds. The company had a racing team as well and between the 1960s and 1980s it won most of the competition under the 50cc class in [[Sholavaram]] races. The company was closed in 1988. At one time, it was the largest manufacturer of mopeds in the country. The company operated as a public company.
	[[File:Motobecane Mobylette vr grey TCE.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Motobécane Mobylette was manufactured in India as Mopeds India Suvega]]		[[File:Motobecane Mobylette vr grey TCE.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Motobécane Mobylette was manufactured in India as Mopeds India Suvega]]

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	'''Mopeds India Limited''' was a [[moped\|two wheeler]] manufacturer based in India~~, which manufactured~~ and ~~sold~~ 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.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> It was the first company in India to launch Mopeds in India which was the largest selling two-wheeler segment till 80's and was India's ~~largest~~ selling moped ~~till~~ early ~~80's~~.<ref>{{cite web\|title= ~~MOPEDS TAKE THE SLOW ROAD TO EXTINCTION~~		'''Mopeds India Limited''' was a [[moped\|two-wheeler]] manufacturer based in India that produced and marketed the [[Suvega]] range of mopeds through technical collaboration with [[Motobécane]] of [[France]]. Its first model was the Motobécane [[Mobylette]] sold under the name Suvega Super 50.<ref>{{cite news\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \| date= 18 May 2010 \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> It was the first company in India to launch Mopeds in India which was the largest selling two-wheeler segment till 80's and was India's highest-selling moped throughout the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mopeds Take the Slow Road to Extinction \|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-mopeds-take-the-slow-road-to-extinction-1276159 \|accessdate=27 April 2016 \|work=DNA – Daily News Analysis}}</ref>
	\| url= http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-mopeds-take-the-slow-road-to-extinction-1276159 \|work= DNA – Daily News Analysis ~~\|accessdate=27 April 2016~~}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The company was incorporated in [[Coimbatore]] as Mopeds India Limited by the textile group [[KLV Group\|KLV]] under [[K.L.Varadarajan]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Suvega Mopeds, the pride of Kovai\| url=http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/suvega-mopeds-the-pride-of-kovai-2/#.VyCkBNJ97IU\|work=The Covai Post\|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The manufacturing plant was set up in the early 1960s in [[Tirupati (city)\|Tirupathi]].<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The first model, the [[Motobécane]] [[Mobylette]], was designed in 1949 in [[France]] and was manufactured in several countries for the next 48 years, selling close to over 14 million mopeds. The company had a racing team as well and between the 1960s and 1980s it won most of the competition under the 50cc class in [[Sholavaram]] races. The company was closed in 1988. At one time it was the largest manufacturer of mopeds in the country. The company ~~was~~ a public company.		The company was incorporated in [[Coimbatore]] as Mopeds India Limited by the textile group [[KLV Group\|KLV]] under [[K.L.Varadarajan]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Suvega Mopeds, the pride of Kovai\| url=http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/suvega-mopeds-the-pride-of-kovai-2/#.VyCkBNJ97IU\|work=The Covai Post\|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The manufacturing plant was set up in the early 1960s in [[Tirupati (city)\|Tirupathi]].<ref>{{cite news\|title= The French revolution \| url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece \|work= The Hindu \| date= 18 May 2010 \|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The first model, the [[Motobécane]] [[Mobylette]], was designed in 1949 in [[France]] and was manufactured in several countries for the next 48 years, selling close to over 14 million mopeds. The company had a racing team as well and between the 1960s and 1980s it won most of the competition under the 50cc class in [[Sholavaram]] races. The company was closed in 1988. At one time, it was the largest manufacturer of mopeds in the country. The company operated as a public company.
	[[File:Motobecane Mobylette vr grey TCE.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Motobécane Mobylette was manufactured in India as Mopeds India Suvega]]		[[File:Motobecane Mobylette vr grey TCE.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Motobécane Mobylette was manufactured in India as Mopeds India Suvega]]

	==Models==		==Models==
	The models manufactured by Mopeds India were		The models manufactured by Mopeds India were
	*Suvega Super 50 – The original Motobécane Mobylette and the largest selling model.
	*Suvega 717 –		* Suvega Super 50 – The original Motobécane Mobylette and the largest selling model.
	*Suvega Samrat – Indianised Moped with a Fuel tank placed like a motorcycle		* Suvega 717 –
	*Suvega Super Delux –		* Suvega Samrat – Indianised Moped with a Fuel tank placed like a motorcycle
			* Suvega Super Delux –

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox company
| name = Mopeds India Limited
| logo =
| type =
| foundation = 1962, [[Coimbatore]]
| hq_location = [[Coimbatore]]
| key_people = [[KLV Group]], Founders, [[K.L.Vardarajan]], MD
| industry = [[Automotive]]
| products = [[Suvega]]
| num_employees = 500–600
| dissolved = 1988
| homepage =
}}

'''Mopeds India Limited''' was a [[moped|two wheeler]] manufacturer based in India, which manufactured and sold 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.<ref>{{cite web|title= The French revolution | url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece |work= The Hindu |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> It was the first company in India to launch Mopeds in India which was the largest selling two-wheeler segment till 80's and was India's largest selling moped till early 80's.<ref>{{cite web|title= MOPEDS TAKE THE SLOW ROAD TO EXTINCTION
| url= http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-mopeds-take-the-slow-road-to-extinction-1276159 |work= DNA – Daily News Analysis |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref>

==History==
The company was incorporated in [[Coimbatore]] as Mopeds India Limited by the textile group [[KLV Group|KLV]] under [[K.L.Varadarajan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Suvega Mopeds, the pride of Kovai| url=http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/suvega-mopeds-the-pride-of-kovai-2/#.VyCkBNJ97IU|work=The Covai Post|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The manufacturing plant was set up in the early 1960s in [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]].<ref>{{cite web|title= The French revolution | url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-french-revolution/article432934.ece |work= The Hindu |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The first model, the [[Motobécane]] [[Mobylette]], was designed in 1949 in [[France]] and was manufactured in several countries for the next 48 years, selling close to over 14 million mopeds. The company had a racing team as well and between the 1960s and 1980s it won most of the competition under the 50cc class in [[Sholavaram]] races. The company was closed in 1988. At one time it was the largest manufacturer of mopeds in the country. The company was a public company.
[[File:Motobecane Mobylette vr grey TCE.jpg|thumb|left|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 –

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Two wheelers in India}}

[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of India]]
[[Category:Moped manufacturers]]
[[Category:Companies based in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Madras State]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1962]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1962]]
[[Category:Indian companies disestablished in 1988]]
[[Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1988]]