Lamby was a model of scooter manufactured by Auto Products of India (API). The scooters were produced under license from the Italian machinery company Innocenti and were modelled on their famous product, the Lambretta scooters.
API was the first company to purchase a license to produce a scooter in India. API, incorporated in 1949, began by assembling Innocenti-built Lambretta scooters in India post independence. They eventually acquired licence of the Li150 series 2 model, of which they began a full-fledged manufacture from the early 60s onwards. The Li150 was re-designed, [1] but since the rights to the trademark name "Lambretta" were with Scooters India Ltd., API called its product Lamby.
As per API's agreement, they could sell the Lamby only within India, hence this model is virtually unknown outside the country.
During the early 1980s, API also manufactured the last remodeled version of their Lamby, called as Lamby Polo. Lamby Polo was a 150 cc scooter, which looked sleek with sharp corners and edges, but this was a big flop in the market, and very few were manufactured.
C.J.X Welding Institute in Cochin, Kerala has been collecting and rebuilding Lamby scooters recently.[citation needed]
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