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What we compareABC MotorsLML
Country in archiveUnited KingdomIndia
Founded19121972
FounderRonald CharterisLohia Machines Private Limited
HeadquartersHersham, Surrey, UKKanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 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.LML comes from the company's earlier name, Lohia Machines Limited. The initials were kept as the brand name when the firm moved from textile machinery into scooters and motorcycles.
HighlightsABC 400, SkootamotaLML Star, Freedom, Graptor
Earliest archived brand logo19122017
Latest archived logo19122022
Archived logo assets12

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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