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What we compareHero MotoCorpLML
Country in archiveIndiaIndia
Founded19841972
FounderBrijmohan Lall MunjalLohia Machines Private Limited
HeadquartersDelhi, Delhi, IndiaKanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Name origin"Hero" is the brand name used by the Munjal brothers for their flagship company, Hero Cycles. The motorcycle venture first carried it alongside Honda as Hero Honda, and became Hero MotoCorp in 2011 after the partnership ended.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.
HighlightsCD 100, Splendor, Karizma, Xpulse 200LML Star, Freedom, Graptor
Earliest archived brand logo19842017
Latest archived logo20112022
Archived logo assets22

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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