KEY MILESTONES OF HERO HONDA

Year	Event
1983	Joint Collaboration Agreement with Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Japan signed Shareholders Agreement signed
1984	Hero Honda Motors Ltd. incorporated
1985	First motorcycle “CD 100” rolled out
1987	100,000th motorcycle produced
1989	New motorcycle model – “Sleek” introduced
1991	New motorcycle model – “CD 100 SS” introduced 500,000th motorcycle produced
1992	Raman Munjal Vidya Mandir inaugurated – A School in the memory of founder Managing Director, Mr. Raman Kant Munjal
1994	New motorcycle model – “Splendor” introduced 1,000,000th motorcycle produced
1997	New motorcycle model – “Street” introduced Hero Honda’s 2nd manufacturing plant at Gurgaon inaugurated
1998	2,000,000th motorcycle produced
1999	New motorcycle model – “CBZ” introduced Environment Management System of Dharuhera Plant certified with ISO-14001 by DNV Holland Raman Munjal Memorial Hospital inaugurated – A Hospital in the memory of founder Managing Director, Mr. Raman Kant Munjal
2000	4,000,000th motorcycle produced Environment Management System of Gurgaon Plant certified ISO-14001 by DNV Holland Splendor declared ‘World No. 1’ – largest selling single two-wheeler model “Hero Honda Passport Programme” – CRM Programme launched
2001	New motorcycle model – “Passion” introduced One million production in one single year New motorcycle model – “Joy” introduced 5,000,000th motorcycle produced
2002	New motorcycle model – “Dawn” introduced New motorcycle model – “Ambition” introduced Appointed Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan as Brand Ambassadors
2003	Becomes the first Indian Company to cross the cumulative 7 million sales mark Splendor has emerged as the World’s largest selling model for the third calendar year in a row (2000, 2001, 2002) New motorcycle model – “CD Dawn” introduced New motorcycle model – “Splendor +” introduced New motorcycle model – “Passion Plus” introduced New motorcycle model – “Karizma” introduced
2004	New motorcycle model – “Ambition 135” introduced Hero Honda became the World No. 1 Company for the third consecutive year. Crossed sales of over 2 million units in a single year, a global record. Splendor – World’s largest selling motorcycle crossed the 5 million mark New motorcycle model – “CBZ*” introduced Joint Technical Agreement renewed Total sales crossed a record of 10 million motorcycles
2005	Hero Honda is the World No. 1 for the 4th year in a row New motorcycle model – “Super Splendor” introduced New motorcycle model – “CD Deluxe” introduced New motorcycle model – “Glamour” introduced New motorcycle model – “Achiever” introduced First Scooter model from Hero Honda – “Pleasure” introduced
2006	Hero Honda is the World No. 1 for the 5th year in a row 15 million production milestone achieved
2007	Hero Honda is the World No. 1 for the 6th year in a row New ‘Splendor NXG’ launched New ‘CD Deluxe’ launched New ‘Passion Plus’ launched New motorcycle model ‘Hunk’ launched 20 million production milestone achieved
2008	Hero Honda Haridwar Plant inauguration New ‘Pleasure’ launched Splendor NXG lauched with power start feature New motorcycle model ‘Passion Pro’ launched New ‘CBZ Xtreme’ launched 25 million production milestone achieved CD Deluxe lauched with power start feature New ‘Glamour’ launched New ‘Glamour Fi’ launched
2009	Hunk’ (Limited Edition) launched Splendor completed 11 million production landmark New motorcycle model ‘Karizma – ZMR’ launched Silver jubilee celebrations