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| Founded | 1929 |
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| Founder | František Janeček |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Motorcycles, mopeds |
| Total assets | 313,425,000 Czech koruna (2022)  |
Number of employees | 100 (as of 2017)[1] |
| Parent | Jihostroj |
JAWA (Czech pronunciation: [java]) is a motorcycle and moped manufacturer founded in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1929 by František Janeček,[2] who bought the motorcycle division of Wanderer. The name JAWA was established by concatenating the first letters of Janeček and Wanderer.[3] In the past, especially in the 1950s, JAWA was one of the top motorcycle manufacturers and exported its 350 model to over 120 countries.[4] The best known model was the 350 Pérák, and in the 1970s the 350 Californian. It appeared in typical black and red coloring from the US to New Zealand.[5] After 1990 a significant loss of production occurred. A successor company was formed in 1997 in Týnec nad Sázavou, continuing the name as JAWA Moto.
In the Indian market the brand JAWA Motorcycles was resurrected in December 2018 by Classic Legends, which is owned by Mahindra & Mahindra, through a licensing deal with the original Czech company JAWA Moto.[2]
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- ^ "History of Jawa". Westcoast Motorcycles. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ "JAWA Moto Is Here With Their Latest Iterations Of The 350 And 660 Vintage". Top Speed.
- ^ "Jawa Californian je zpátky. Retro z garáže se povedlo". iDNES.cz. May 30, 2012.