Hero Honda Motors

Hero Honda Motors Ltd. is a result of the joint venture between India's Hero Group and Japanese Honda Motors Company in the year 1983. This joint venture has not only created the world's single largest two wheeler company but also one of the most successful joint ventures worldwide. Hero Honda is globally known of being the most fuel-efficient and the largest CBZ selling Indian motorcycle company.

This is a relationship so harmonious that Hero Honda has managed to achieve indigenisation of over 95 percent, a Honda record worldwide.

The below chart shows the golden years in the history of HERO HONDA :-

1985	CD-100
1989	SLEEK
1991	CD-100 SS
1994	Spelendor
1997	Street
1999	CBZ
2001	PASSION
2002	DAWN, AMBITION
2003	CD-DAWN, SPLENDOR +, PASSION +, KARIZMA
2005	SUPER-SPLENDOR, CD-DELUX, GLAMOUR, ACHIEVER

The company is committed to provide the customer with excellence. A rich background of producing high value products at reasonable prices led the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles to collaborate with the world's largest bicycle manufacturer. During 80s, Hero Honda became the first company in India to prove that it was possible to drive a vehicle without polluting the roads. They company possess three manufacturing units based at Dharuhera, Gurgaon and Haridwar are capable to produce 4.4 million units per year. They introduced new generation motorcycles that set industry benchmarks for fuel thrift and low emission.

The unique features like fuel conservation, safety riding courses and mobile workshops helped the group reach in the interiors of the country. Well-entrenched in the domestic market, Hero Honda Motors Ltd. turned its attention overseas, and exports have been steadily on the rise.

Over the years, the Company has received its share of accolades, including the National Productivity Council's Award ( 1990-91), and the Economic Times - Harvard Business School Association of India Award, against 200 contenders. The gross sales of Hero Honda by March end'2008 was 33,371,43 Crores