Innocenti of Italy were the original owners of Lambretta brand of scooters. In 1975, the company was bought by Indian government and Scooters India Limited was set up near Lucknow. The company manufactured the first scooter of India with the brand name of Vijai Super.

The scooter and the scooterette share in the Indian two wheeler market is 13.4%. The exports in this segment are mainly South East Asian countries and occupy a one-fourth share in the total two wheeler exports from India.