Like the scooter, the moped rose to fame in the post war years. However, this category did exist before the war (known in France as BMA), and the 50 cc Peugeot P50 and P53 were moderately successful between 1932 and 1939. The name BMA is the basis for the name given to the first Peugeot mopeds. These two-wheelers, with engines limited at 50 cc, experienced phenomenal success from the start of the 1950s onwards.

Launched at the Paris Exhibition in 1946, the Motobécane Mobylette appeared as the first moped, and was copied the world over. It marked the birth of the French moped industry, which was destined to become number one in the world. Its design was very different from that of the famous Solex motorised bicycle, which had a very simple engine mounted over the front wheel, and roller transmission.

Peugeot was part of this boom, with the PHV25 in 1949 and then the Bima, which competed directly with the Mobylette. Launched in l952, it became immensely popular and was a huge success. Peugeot's blue moped, the BB2, appeared a the end of the 1950s. In 1962 there was the BB 104, with its highly successful streamlined look. Then came the 100 series, launched in 1967, with the popular 103 and 104 appearing in 1974.

The mid-fifties saw the appearance of the sports moped phenomenon. These fast, noisy machines that looked like small motorcycles were a big hit with teenagers, who were their main market. Peugeot's great success was the sixties star, the BB2 SP, which became the idol of the swinging era. It was to undergo various developments to modernise its appearance: the BB3 Sport and the SP3 in 1971, which afterwards became the Rallye.

Although the technology, like the design, underwent many changes, the genre remained stable over the decades. Take, for example, the TXR 50, with its successful, dynamic appearance, introduced in 1983.

oday, the Peugeot range offers the Vogue, a simple machine that could be considered as a distant descendant of the BB2. As for the XP6, XPS and the very sporty XR6 version, these are high-performing mopeds that look like motorcycles and are reminiscent of the heroic era of sports mopeds.