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What we compareABC MotorsBajaj
Country in archiveUnited KingdomIndia
Founded1912November 29, 1945
FounderRonald CharterisJamnalal Bajaj
HeadquartersHersham, Surrey, UKPune, Maharashtra, India
Name originABC is short for All British (Engine) Company, the name of the firm founded in 1912. It was later renamed ABC Motors Ltd, keeping the initials.Bajaj is the family name of the founding Bajaj Group family. Bajaj Auto grew out of the group created by Jamnalal Bajaj, so the brand name is a founder-surname name rather than a coined word.
HighlightsABC 400, SkootamotaChetak, Pulsar, Avenger, Dominar 400
Earliest archived brand logo19121979
Latest archived logo19122004
Archived logo assets13

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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