With the new Xpulse 210, Hero MotoCorp are offering customers a piece of their racing pedigree from the Dakar.
Hero Xpulse 210 Review — Racing Pedigree Infused
Hero MotoCorp
The Hero brand is synonymous with two-wheelers in India and is the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer. By 2018 they had already sold over 7.5 crore two-wheelers and reported annual sales of 75,87,130 units between April 2017-March 2018. The auto major has one of the widest networks in India, with more than 6,000 dealerships and touch-points across the country.
The company was established by Mr Brijmohan Lall Munjal and was a joint venture with Honda of Japan. This alliance ended in 2010 as the two companies parted ways and became arch rivals in the Indian two-wheeler space. As of 2018, Hero have eight manufacturing plants across the globe. The five Indian facilities are located at Haridwar in Uttarakhand; Gurgaon and Dharuhera in Haryana; Neemrana in Rajasthan; Vadodara in Gujarat; and the newly made Sri City facility in Andhra Pradesh. Hero also have international manufacturing plants situated in Villa Rica in Colombia, and Jessore in Bangladesh. The company also has its R&D centre located on the outskirts of Jaipur.
The top selling bikes from Hero include the Splendor, Passion and Glamour range, along with its scooters such as the Maestro Edge, Duet and Pleasure.
Hero Xtreme 250R Review – Ace in the Deck
The Xtreme 250R is an ambitious product and most certainly a game-changer for Hero MotoCorp.
Spec Comparo: Hero Xoom 125 v TVS Ntorq 125 v Aprilia SR 125
The 125-cc scooter segment is heating up in India with more and more entrants arriving from different brands showcasing a wide variety of characteristics and features.
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With the Destini 125 covering the family scooter front in Hero’s 125-cc scooter portfolio, it is the job of the Xoom 125 to be the fun and exciting offering. We went to New Delhi to ride it
Spec Comparo: Yamaha Aerox 155 vs Hero Xoom 160 vs Aprilia SR 160
The Yamaha Aerox, when it was launched back in 2021, was in a class of its own, as there wasn’t anything that could really compare with it in terms of performance. However, that’s about to change, as despite not being the largest scooter manufacturer in India (that place goes to Honda, followed by TVS and Suzuki), they are the ones to challenge Yamaha for the liquid-cooled premium scooter market. However, the Hero Xoom 160, apart from the Yamaha Aerox 155, has one more, well-established rival—the Aprilia SR 160, Granted, it makes less power, but then, it also is significantly lighter. Let’s take a quick look at the spec sheets.
