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What we compareTVS Motor CompanyLML
Country in archiveIndiaIndia
Founded19111972
FounderT. V. Sundram IyengarLohia Machines Private Limited
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaKanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 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.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.
HighlightsApache, Jupiter, Victor, TVS 50LML Star, Freedom, Graptor
Earliest archived brand logo—2017
Latest archived logoundated2022
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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