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What we compareLMLABC Motors
Country in archiveIndiaUnited Kingdom
Founded19721912
FounderLohia Machines Private LimitedRonald Charteris
HeadquartersKanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaHersham, Surrey, UK
Name originLML 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.ABC 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.
HighlightsLML Star, Freedom, GraptorABC 400, Skootamota
Earliest archived brand logo20171912
Latest archived logo20221912
Archived logo assets21

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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