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What we compareTVS Motor CompanyABC Motors
Country in archiveIndiaUnited Kingdom
Founded19111912
FounderT. V. Sundram IyengarRonald Charteris
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaHersham, Surrey, UK
Name originTVS comes from the initials of T. V. Sundram Iyengar, who began Madurai's first bus service in 1911 and founded the transport business from which the TVS Group grew.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.
HighlightsApache, Jupiter, Victor, TVS 50ABC 400, Skootamota
Earliest archived brand logo—1912
Latest archived logoundated1912
Archived logo assets11

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