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TVS launches Scooty Pep+ Matte Edition to celebrate 25 year milestone

Written by Parichay Malvankar

Scooty from TVS Motor Company is an icon, no denying that fact. The Scooty became a househokd name when it was introduced since it was a very convenience, economical and easy to ride gearless scooter back in the day. Now, the brand has introduced a matte edition for the Scooty Pep+ scooter in 2 new colours – coral matte & aqua matte. This has been done to celebrate 25 years of existence in the scooter industry.

The Scooty Pep+ matte edition has been priced at INR 44,764 ex-showroom Delhi. Apart from the new colours, there is a total of 7 body paint options on this popular scooter.

In 2019, the Scooty brand is 25 years old, but over these years, this scooter has evolved and still remains a popular choice among female scooter buyers. The Scooty Pep+ matte edition also gets a new 3D emblem, new body decals and new textured seat cover.

Powering the TVS Scooty Pep+ is an 87.8cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled, Ecothrust petrol engine which produces a modest 4.9 PS of power and 5.8 Nm of torque. The Scooty Pep+ is not meant to be a fast and performance oriented scooter, but it exists as a simple, convenient and easy to ride scooter for the masses. It also comes across as an ideal learner scooter in India. TVS claims that the Scooty Pep+ has the best-in-class ground reachability which makes potential rides appreciate how easy it thus becomes to maneuver the scooter.

Other features include electric starter, telescopic front fork, alloy wheels, decent under seat storage, side stand indicator, mobile charging socket, lED DRLs, open storage box and the ‘Easy’ stand technology from TVS which claims to reduce effort of parking the scooter on main stand by up to 30%.