Peugeot Motorcycles, part of Mahindra Group, today announced the India leg of the adventurous Paris-Saigon ride. This ride was flagged off on August 29th, 2016 from Paris with riders, Samuel Felice and Ambroise Prince riding the Peugeot Django from Paris to Saigon. Inspired by the iconic saga of Serge Gracium and Michel Vaslin, two Petty Officers of the French Navy, who travelled from Saigon to Paris with their Peugeot Scooters S57 in 1956. After 60 years, the idea was to reproduce this journey, but in the opposite direction.

The India leg starts from September 30th from Kolkata and will ride across the unexplored terrain of North East India to exit from Moreh in Manipur. The India leg will be across mountains and uncharted forests that will test the riding skills as well as the resolve of the Peugeot Scooters.

Mr. Vinod Sahay, Chief Executive Officer, Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd. said, “This is the first time that Peugeot scooters will be seen on Indian roads. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with this historical ride and we feel immensely proud that India will be a part of this passionate and challenging road trip.”

The two riders, who are directors, cameramen as well editors, had a desire for such an adventure for a long time. “We always wanted to do a road trip and thanks to some intense research, we came across this amazing story that took place exactly 60 years ago. It immediately echoed with our desire for adventure and what could be more exciting than covering a part of the world on a scooter? Two wheeler is a great way to make a road-trip off the beaten path, meeting people and seek beautiful scenery. Django Adventure is our tribute to the raid on its 60th year birthday, and a great opportunity to realize our dream”.

Peugeot Scooters is committed and enthused about supporting them in this adventure by giving them two Django 125cc Scooters. Django, which is directly inspired by the S57, therefore became the obvious vehicle of choice.

News Source: Mahindra Two-wheelers Press Release