A scooter (also known by the full name motor-scooter), is a subset of motorcycles with a

step-through frame A step-through frame (also known as open frame, drop frame, or low-step frame) is a type of bicycle frame, often used for utility bicycles, with a low or absent top tube or cross-bar. Since mounting or dismounting a step-through does not requi ...

and a floor or similar for the rider's feet (as opposed to straddling the vehicle like a conventional motorcycle). Other common (but non-defining) traits of scooters can include: bodywork (so the mechanicals are not exposed like a conventional motorcycle), motors combined with the suspension or wheel (rather than attached to the frame like a conventional motorcycle), leg shields, smaller wheels than a conventional motorcycle, and an alternative to a chain drive. Scooters can share some traits with

moped A moped ( ) is a type of small motorcycle, generally having a less stringent licensing requirement than full motorcycles or automobiles. Historically, the term exclusively meant a similar vehicle with both bicycle pedals and a motorcycle eng ...

s (some models could even be considered both a moped and a scooter). Adding to the confusion between them, in many jurisdictions smaller engined scooters (e.g. 50cc) are road registered in the same legal category as conventional mopeds (often named "Moped" class), leading to scooters being casually referred to as "mopeds" in such areas.

Underbone An underbone (弯梁车, literal translation: curve beam car) is a type of motorcycle that uses structural tube framing with an overlay of plastic or non-structural body panels and contrasts with monocoque or unibody designs where pressed st ...

s also can share traits with scooters (e.g. small and step-through design), but they are generally not strictly considered scooters in the purest sense as they do not have a floor, but they are often casually referred to as scooters (especially ones with leg shields).

Scooter brands in production

Scooter brands and manufacturers no longer in scooter production

*Accumolli (1950),

Piaggio Piaggio Group () is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under five brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Derbi. Its corporate headquarters are ...

powered — Italy *Achilles (1953–1957) — West Germany * ACMA (Vespa) (1951–1962), Ateliers de Construction de Motocycles et Accessoires — France *Adonis (1949–1952), Société du Scooters Adonis; 50 and 75cc VAP engines — France *

Aermacchi Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the It ...

(1951–1969) — Italy *Aermoto (1938–1940),

Sachs Sachs is a German surname, meaning "man from Saxony". Sachs is a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews from Saxony, in the United States sometimes adopted in the variant Zaks, supposedly in reference to the Hebrew phrase ''Zera Kodesh Shemo'' (ZaKS), ...

powered — Italy * Agrati (1958–1965), Merged with Garelli in 1961, scooters branded as Garelli Capri from 1965 — Italy *

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/Sears (1948–1967), Brand of retailer

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosen ...

to rebadge scooters manufactured by Cushman,

and

Puch Puch () is a manufacturing company located in Graz, Styria, Austria. The company was founded in 1899 by the industrialist Johann Puch and produced automobiles, bicycles, mopeds, and motorcycles. It was a subsidiary of the large Steyr-Daimler-Puch ...

. The Allstate name was replaced with "Sears" for 1966-1967 — USA *American Motor Scooter Corporation (1960–1965), Clinton powered folding "suitcase" scooters; Founded by USA Lambretta parts dealer, taken over by American Lincoln Corporation — USA * Allwyn (1974—?), the Pushpak model was a Lambretta GP based scooter manufactured by Andhra Pradesh Scooters Limited, who later also made licensed Vespa PL170s (1983–1986) — India *

Arctic Cat Arctic Cat is an American brand that makes snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles (ATV's) manufactured in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. The company was formed in 1960. Arctic Cat designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all-terrain vehicle ...

(2000s) — USA *Ardent (1949–1954), Manufacture Française des Scooters Ardents; initially motorcycle scooter hybrids; Le Poulain and VAP engines — France *

Auteco Auteco (Auto Tecnica Colombiana S.A) is a Colombian motor vehicle manufacturer. It was the first motorcycle assembler in the country. History Auteco was founded on 1 September 1941 in Medellín. It initially distributed spare parts and petrol. ...

Lambretta /

(1954—1970s), small scale assembly of Lambrettas badged as "Auteco Lambretta"; (1990s), Bajaj importers — Colombia *Autoglider (1919–1922) — United Kingdom *

Autoped __NOTOC__ The Autoped was an early motor scooter or motorized scooter manufactured by the Autoped Company of Long Island City, New York from 1915 to 1922. The driver stood on a platform with 10-inch tires and operated the machine using only th ...

(1915–1921) — USA * (API) Lambretta / API (1955–1990), models called Lamby Polos after SIL obtained use of the Lambretta name in the 1970s — India * Bernardet (1948–1959) — France * Bianchi (1960s) Orsetto, also made under licence in the UK by

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as the Roma (1961–64) — Italy * BSA (1958–1965) — United Kingdom

Triumph Tigress/BSA Sunbeam The Triumph Tigress, also sold as the BSA Sunbeam, was a scooter designed to have good performance and handling for the motorcycle enthusiast. The entry of the BSA group into the scooter field was announced by Edward Turner in October 1958 ...

*Bitri (1955–1964) — Netherlands *

Bond Bond or bonds may refer to: Common meanings * Bond (finance), a type of debt security * Bail bond, a commercial third-party guarantor of surety bonds in the United States * Fidelity bond, a type of insurance policy for employers * Chemical bond, t ...

(1957–1962), Makers of

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s; Villiers powered — United Kingdom *Bonvinci Marino (BM) (1959–1964), Models included Minotauro (75cc) and Pokerino (50cc) — Italy * Brockhouse Corgi (1946–1954), Civilian version of the military

Welbike The Welbike is a British single-seat folding motorcycle produced during World War II at the direction of Station IX — the "Inter Services Research Bureau" — based at Welwyn, UK, for use by Special Operations Executive (SOE). It has the di ...

. Built by Brockhouse Engineering Ltd., and sold as brands including Indian Papoose in the USA — United Kingdom *

Brumana Pugliese Brumana Pugliese S.A. was a Brazilian motorcycle and scooter manufacturer that ceased trading in 1982. Its predecessor companies were Lambretta do Brasil and Pasco Lambretta. Lambretta do Brasil In 1955 Paulo Pascowitch obtained a licence to man ...

(1970–1980), Lambretta models plus its own models — Brazil *Busi (1940–1951) — Italy *

Cagiva Cagiva is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1950 by Giovanni Castiglioni in Varese, originally producing small metal components. Giovanni's sons, Claudio and Gianfranco Castiglioni, went into the motorcycle industry in 1978. ...

— Italy *Cazenave (1954–1960), Mistral and Ydral engines — France *Centaur (1960–1965), Clinton powered folding "suitcase scooter" made by Alexander Reynolds Co. Folding Scooters — USA *

Čezeta The Čezeta is a motor scooter originally manufactured from 1957 to 1964 in Czechoslovakia and then in the Czech Republic by the Česká zbrojovka Strakonice (ČZ) company, which manufactured motorcycles from 1935 to 1997. Production resumed ...

(CZ), (1957–1964) — Czechoslovak Socialist Republic *Concord (1950s), See Manurhin below — France *Coaster (1950s), Jet 200cc model, made by Sanko Kogyo (a spin-off from

Nakajima Aircraft Company The was a prominent Japanese aircraft manufacturer and aviation engine manufacturer throughout World War II. It continues as the car and aircraft manufacturer Subaru Corporation, Subaru. History The Nakajima Aircraft company was Japan's first ...

), then briefly by Sankar Manufacturing Inc, and finally by Nippon Motor Co. — Japan *CubStar (1950—?), Scooter with moped style bicycle pedals, probably 50cc Honda powered. Made by Ruby Nikken Industry Co., Ltd. — Japan * Cushman (1936–1965) — USA * Cycle-Scoot (1950s) — USA * Danmotor Vespa Indonesia (1970s), Licensed Vespa 90cc and 150cc models — Indonesia *Dayton (1954–1960), models included Albatross (powered by 224cc Villiers 1H engine) and Flamenco — United Kingdom *DKR (1957–1967), DKR Company formed by Day & Robinson of Willenhall Radiators, and

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. Models included the Dove, Pegasus, and Capella, powered by various Villiers engines. — United Kingdom *

DKW DKW (''Dampfkraftwagen'', – the same initials later also used for ''Des Knaben Wunsch'', ; ''Das Kleine Wunder'', and ''Deutsche Kinderwagen'', ) was a German car- and motorcycle-marque. DKW was one of the four companies that formed Auto U ...

(1921–1922, 1954–1957) — Germany / West Germany * DMW (1957–1967) — United Kingdom * Doodle Bug (1946–1948), built by the Beam Manufacturing Company, and sold by retailer Gambles store chain under the Hiawatha name — USA *

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(Vespa) (1951–1965), licence built Vespas — United Kingdom *

Ducati Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy. History Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called ...

— Italy * Durkopp (1954–1960) — West Germany *FAKA (1952–1957), Took over production of Walba scooters — West Germany * (Fenwick) Lambretta (1951–1960) — France *FIAMC (Fabbrica Italiana Auto Moto Cicli) (1950s) — Italy * Fly / Flyscooters (2006–2010), Florida based distributors of Chinese and Taiwanese built scooters, particularly

Znen Zhongneng Vehicle Group (usually known as ZNEN Group), is a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer founded by Chen Huaneng in June 1988, in Taizhou, Zhejiang. It was not until 1996 that ZNEN manufactured its first petrol mopeds. After twenty years in th ...

— USA *Frambretta (1970s—?), Truck versions of

Siambretta SIAM (an acronym from Sección Industrial Amasadoras Mecánicas, formerly SIAM Di Tella) is an Argentina, Argentine home appliance brand, currently owned by "Grupo Industrial Newsan", a leader of the segment in the region. The original "Siam Di Tel ...

's licence built Lambrettas — Argentina * Fuji (1946–1968), In addition to the Rabbit marque of

Fuji Heavy Industries , formerly , is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate primarily involved in both terrestrial and aerospace transportation manufacturing. It is best known for its line of Subaru automobiles. Founded in 1953, the company was named ...

(parent company of Subaru), Fuji also made the Go-Devil folding "suitcase scooter" from 1964 to 1967 — Japan * Garelli (1965–1970), post-merger re-branding of the Agrati Capri — Italy *Generic (2000s), Former brand of Austrian KSR Group used for Asian imports — Austria * Glas Gogo (1950–1967) — West Germany *Gitan (1960s), produced by Moto Gitane, models included the 50cc Joligri — Italy *Guizzo (1955–1964), built by Palmieri & Gulinelli of Bologna — Italy *

Harley-Davidson Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression along with i ...

— USA *

Heinkel Heinkel Flugzeugwerke () was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, wit ...

(1953–1965) — West Germany *

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

(1950s—1970s), Absorbed into Sachs in 1963. Models included the E1 electric scooter in the 1970s — West Germany *Hoffman (Vespa) (1950–1955), licence built Vespas — West GermanyVespa, Giorgio Sarti, ISBN 0-7603-2577-4, page 155 *Hirano Pop (1952–1961), Hirano Manufacturing Co., Ltd., several 50cc and 80cc 2-stroke models including the Poppet — Japan *

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Associated with India * of or related to India ** Indian people ** Indian diaspora ** Languages of India ** Indian English, a dialect of the English language ** Indian cuisine Associated with indigenous peoples o ...

— USA *

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(1948–1957) — Italy * IWL (1955–1965) — East Germany *

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(1960—1962?), 150cc two-stroke — United Kingdom * Jawa (1950s—1960s & 1990s), '60s models include the Manet and Tatran — Czechoslovak Socialist Republic / Czech Republic *Jonghi (1953–1957) — France * Kieft (1955–1957), Importer and distributor of the German Hercules Company mopeds and scooters; Succeeded by the DKR Company — United Kingdom *Kilworth (1920s), designed by

Alvis Alvis is a given name and a surname (close to the uncommon Scottish surname Alves). Alvis may also refer to: *Alvi, a Muslim community in South Asia, who claims descent from the fourth Rashidun caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib *Alvis Car and Engineering ...

car engineer Captain Smith-Clarke; the forerunner to modern CVT automatic scooters — United Kingdom *

Kinetic Kinetic (Ancient Greek: κίνησις “kinesis”, movement or to move) may refer to: * Kinetic theory, describing a gas as particles in random motion * Kinetic energy, the energy of an object that it possesses due to its motion Art and ente ...

(1998–2008) — India *

Kinetic Honda Kinetic Honda was a joint venture between Kinetic Engineering Limited, India and Honda Motor Company, Japan. Kinetic was the first company to have a joint venture with HMSI. The partnership operated from 1984 to 1998, manufacturing two-stroke sco ...

(1984–1998) — India * Kosty/Kauba (1952 (Kosty), 1953—1956 (Kauba)),

Rotax Rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the Austrian company BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG (until 2016 BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG), in turn owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Prod ...

2 stroke engines, models included the Lux 98 and Lux 125 — Austria *

Kreidler Kreidler was a German manufacturer of bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles. Kreidler was originally based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian la ...

— Germany *

Krupp Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (formerly Fried. Krupp AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH), trade name, trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer dur ...

(1919–1922), licence built

— Germany * KTM — Austria *Lacombe (1948–1954), P.P. Roussey two-stroke engines; also known as the Comindus. — France *

Lambretta Lambretta () was a brand of motor scooters, manufactured in Milan, Italy, by Innocenti. The name is derived from the word Lambrate, the suburb of Milan named after the river Lambro which flows through the area, and where the factory was locat ...

(

Innocenti Innocenti () was an Italian machinery works, originally established by Ferdinando Innocenti in 1933 in Lambrate, a neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Milan. Over the years, they produced Lambretta scooters as well as a range of automobiles, ...

parent factory) (1947–1972) — Italy * Lambretta do Brasil (formerly Pasco Lambretta) (1955–1964) — Brazil * Lamby (1977–1990), brand of

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— India *

Laverda Laverda (''Moto Laverda S.A.S. – Dottore Francesco Laverda e fratelli'') was an Italian manufacturer of high performance motorcycles. The motorcycles in their day gained a reputation for being robust and innovative. The Laverda brand was abs ...

(1960–1962), models included Mini 60 and Mini-Scooter. (2000–2004), re-branded Asian sourced scooters — Italy * LML (formerly Lohia Machines Ltd) (1984–2017), Licensed partner of

until 1999 building

Vespa Vespa () is an Italian brand of scooters and mopeds manufactured by Piaggio. The name means wasp in Italian. The Vespa has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy, to a ...

based scooters, including the Select and Star models. Bankrupt 2017, factory dismantled and plant sold off (but as of 2021 planning to return as LML Electric with electric scooters) — India * Lohner (1950–1963), Rotax-Sachs and ILO engines; Merged with the Rotax engine company to form Lohner-Rotax in 1959 — Austria *

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(1972–1977), brand of

— India *

Maico Maicowerk A.G., known by its trading name Maico () is the name of a family company in the Swabian town of Pfäffingen near Tübingen. Founded in 1926 by Ulrich Maisch as Maisch & Co, the company originally manufactured 98 and 123 cc Ilo tw ...

(1955–1966), models included the

Maicoletta The Maicoletta was a Scooter (motorcycle), motor scooter built by Maico from 1955 to 1966. It was noted by motorcycle journalists in the United States and the United Kingdom for being powerful, responsive, and comfortable. It was one of the heavi ...

— West Germany *Manet (1960s), models included the S100 and Tatran 125. Taken over by Jawa, production ended 1967 — Czechoslovak Socialist Republic *

Manurhin Manurhin is a trademark used by Chapuis Armes since 1998. It is used to designate the Manurhin MR 73 revolver family, manufactured at Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France. The genesis of the term “Manurhin” is ''Manufacture de Machines du Ha ...

(1952–1962), Initially a licensed DKW Hobby scooter; sold in the UK as Concord brand — France *Mercury (1956–1958) (not to be confused with USA Mercury), Models included 50cc Hermes — United Kingdom *

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(Vespa) (1955–1964), licence built Vespas — West Germany *Meteora (1950s), NSU powered — Italy *M.I.S.A. (Vespa) (1954–1962) Motor Industry Société Anonyme assembled 125 & 150 Vespa models, sold as Vespa — Belgium *

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(1946–1963) — Japan *Molot (1999—?), See Vyatka below — Russia *

Monark Monark, also known as Cykelfabriken Monark AB and Monark AB, is a Swedish bicycle, moped and motorcycle manufacturer, established in Varberg, Sweden, in 1908 by the industrialist Birger Svensson. As of 2016, Monark was valued at 11.5 billion kr ...

(1957–1969) — Sweden *

Motobi Motobi was an Italian motorcycle manufacturer in production between 1950 and 1977. The brand was revived by Austrian company Michael Leeb Trading GmbH in partnership with Demharter GmbH in 2010. In 2010, as well as selling a range of scooters, ...

(1963–1968), 50 and 100cc scooters; Relaunched by Austrian partnership in 2010 including a scooter line — Italy *Motoflash (1950s), 50cc and 75cc two-stroke engines — Italy *Motobloc / Riva Sport Industries (RSI) (1950s), Initially sold the Swiss AMI scooter as the Ami Motobloc. The Sulky was developed with RSI — France *Motoblic (1960s), Models included a 75cc model, and Stela 100cc model — Spain *

Moto Guzzi Moto Guzzi () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer and the oldest European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. Established in 1921 in Mandello del Lario, Italy, the company is noted for its historic role in Italy's motorcyclin ...

(1950–1966) — Italy *Motus (20??—2017), Christchurch based NZ brand that sold Taizhou Zhongneng Motorcycle Co. Ltd. scooters manufactured in China — New Zealand *

Motovespa Piaggio Group () is an Italian motor vehicle manufacturer, which produces a range of two-wheeled motor vehicles and compact commercial vehicles under five brands: Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi and Derbi. Its corporate headquarters are loc ...

(1953–2000), licensed Vespas, taken over by

— Spain *Moto-Zeta (2000s), Italian company selling imported Chinese scooters of 50-250cc in Europe — Italy *

MV Agusta MV Agusta (, full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is an Italian high end motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded by Domenico Agusta, Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of ...

(1950s) — Italy *Nibbio (1947–1952), Initially manufactured by Gianca, transferring to San Christopher in 1949 — Italy * NSU (1951–1957), licensed Lambretta 125cc LC; from 1956 their own "Prima" range based on modified Lambretta designs — Germany * N-Zeta (1960s) — New Zealand *Orix (1950–1954) 125cc and 175cc models, including the JLO-powered Orix-Prina — Italy *Paloma (1954–1969), Etablissements Michel Humblot; Acquired by Cazenave in 1964 — France * Parilla (1952–1959) Levriere 125cc and 150cc models — Italy * (Pasco) Lambretta (1964–1982), Originally Lambretta do Brasil, became Brumana Pugliese S.A. making its own small motorcycle models and a modified Lambretta Series III — Brazil * Peirspeed, Re-badged TGB — USA * Piatti (1954–1957) — Belgium / United Kingdom * Powell Manufacturing Company (1940s) — USA *Prina (1949–1954) 125cc two-stroke scooter, in 1952 the 175cc JLO-powered Orix-Prina in conjunction with Orix — Italy *Prior (1950s), Rebadged German Hercules scooters by Industria Ltd of London for the UK and Commonwealth markets, models included the Viscount — United Kingdom/West Germany *

— Austria *

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, (1946–1968), Brand of

. The first model, S-1, entered production 6 months before the Vespa — Japan *Ravat — France *

Renault Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company curr ...

(2000s), Car manufacturer Renault sold an Italian made roofed scooter (which was a joint venture between Benelli and Adiva SRL), as the Renault Full Time — France *Reynolds Runabout (1919–1924), Jackson Car Manufacturing Co and later by A. W. Wall — United Kingdom * Riverside (1960s), Brand of retailer

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manufactured by various imported makes, including the Japanese

Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon The Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon is a series of scooters made in Japan by Mitsubishi between 1946 and 1963.

— USA *

Rock-Ola The Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation is an American developer and manufacturer of juke boxes and related machinery. It was founded in 1927 by Coin-Op pioneer David Cullen Rockola to manufacture slot machines, Weighing scale, scales, and pinbal ...

(1938–1940) — USA * Royal Enfield India (1962—1970s) Fantabulous model, 175cc 2-stroke Villiers powered — India *

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(1954–1969) Formichino model — Italy *Salsbury (1936–1950), Californian businessman E. Foster Salsbury introduced the CVT. Models included the Motor Glide (the world's first commercially viable motor scooter). — USA *

Schwinn The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name. The company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn (1860–1948) in Chicago in 1895, and in the 20th century became the domi ...

— USA *Scootavia (1951–1956) — France *Scoto (1949–1950), Moped/scooter hybrid built by MGT (

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-Tubauto) — France *Scotta (1952–1953), 125cc Motorcycle/scooter hybrid — France * Serveta / Lambretta SAL (1954–1989), License built Lambrettas, named "Lambretta SAL" after 1982 — Spain *

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-bretta / Siambretta (1948–1970), Licence built Lambrettas — Argentina *Siamoto (1996–1999), Models included the Scross off-road scooter — Italy *SICRAF (Paul Vallée Motos) (1949–1954), Societe Industrielle de Construction et de Recherches Automobiles de France; Aubier-Dunne and Ydral engines — France *SIM (Società Italiana Motoscooters) / SIM-Moretti (1953–1955) — Italy *Simard (1951–1954), Ydral and AMC engines — France *Simonetta / San Cristoforo (1952–1954), Later version of the Nibbio built by San Cristoforo under licence from Ravat of France — Italy * Simson (1955–2002) — East Germany / Germany * Solex (1968–1974), Micron moped with a scooter form-factor — France *Stewart (1959–1963), acquired by BSA — New Zealand *Strolch/Progress (1950–1960), Models included Rascal, Vagabond, Little Monkey. Name was changed to Progress in 1954 — West Germany *

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(1957–1964), Sun Cycle & Fittings Co Ltd was absorbed by Raleigh Industries in 1958. Models included the Roma, a licence built Bianchi — United Kingdom *

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(1946–1951) — United Kingdom *Tamoto (1949–1951) Motorcycle/scooter hybrids — France *

Tempo In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or from the Italian plural), measured in beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given musical composition, composition, and is often also an indication of the composition ...

(1957–1959),

powered; produced at Progress-Werke-Oberkirch AG in Germany — Norway *

Terrot Terrot was a motorcycle manufacturer in Dijon, France. Charles Terrot and Wilhelm Stücklen had founded a machinery factory in Cannstatt, Germany in 1862, and Terrot added a branch factory in Dijon in 1887, and in 1890 the Dijon factory added ...

(1952–1957) — France *

Tomos Tomos (, "Motorcycle Factory Sežana") was a Slovene manufacturer of