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What we compareTVS Motor CompanyHero MotoCorp
Country in archiveIndiaIndia
Founded19111984
FounderT. V. Sundram IyengarBrijmohan Lall Munjal
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDelhi, Delhi, India
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."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.
HighlightsApache, Jupiter, Victor, TVS 50CD 100, Splendor, Karizma, Xpulse 200
Earliest archived brand logo—1984
Latest archived logoundated2011
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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