Automobile Products of India (AUTOPRD) was founded in 1949. The company manufactured Lambretta

Lambretta

Lambretta can refer to:* Lambretta, a petrol-powered scooter made by Innocenti* Lambretta , a clothing brand* Lambretta , a Swedish rock band* The Lambrettas, a British mod revival band...

 scooters and ancillaries under licence but has not been operational since 2002.

AUTOPRD's registered offices were in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, Tamil Nadu. It also had facilities in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

API Lambretta

API was the first Indian scooter manufacturer. Scooters were initially assembled from Innocenti kits and sold under the Lambretta name. However, in the early 1960s API acquired the rights to produce the Li150 series 2 model. This was restyled with a smaller mudguard, smaller legshields, dual seats and press-on side panels.

MAC Scooters

In 1972 Scooters India Ltd acquired exclusive rights to the Lambretta name. API then sold its scooters under the MAC brand, M.A.C being the initials of its founder (Dr. Muthiah Annamalai Chidambaram). The MAC 175 came on to the market in the same year.

Lamby

API started selling scooters under the Lamby name in 1977. The Lamby scooter was remodeled several times, the last of these being the Lamby Polo in 1986. This had sharp corners and edges, and looked sleeker than earlier models. Unfortunately it failed to sell and production ceased.
The Lamby and MAC brands are virtually unknown outside India as API's licence prohibited them from selling Lambretta-derived scooters elsewhere.

Model Specifications

	125 D	125 LD	150 Li	MAC 175	Lamby 150	Lamby Polo 125	Lamby Polo 150
Produced	1955-1957	1955-1957	1962-1977	1972-1977	1977-1986	1986-1990	1986-1990
Bore	52 mm	52 mm	57 mm	62 mm	57 mm	52 mm	57 mm
Stroke	58 mm
CC	123 cc	123 cc	148 cc	173 cc	148 cc	123 cc	148 cc
Gears	3	4
Top speed	44 mph	44 mph	50 mph	56 mph	50 mph	47 mph	53 mph
Drive	Shaft		Chain

External links

• Brothers in Lambretta