Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL), the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer has brought their many products to the UAE. And have appointed Al-Futtaim, as their partner for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – a rapidly- growing two-wheeler market.
The first of many showrooms is located at the Airport Road in Deira, and its service center in Rashidiya.
For the past 15 consecutive years, the New Delhi (India)-headquartered Hero MotoCorp has remained the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer in terms of unit volumes sold by a single company in a calendar year. The company sold over 6.63 million two-wheelers in the last financial year (FY’16). Since its inception in 1984, Hero has sold over 70 million motorcycles and scooters in cumulative sales.
The company has four plants in India and one in Colombia. Hero’s second international manufacturing facility is being built in Bangladesh, which will become operational later this year. The company’s state-of-the-art US$126 million R&D facility – the Centre of Innovation & Technology (CIT) – is located in Jaipur, India.
Hero MotoCorp has many sporting associated including fourteen-times major winner Tiger Woods – Hero’s Global Corporate Partner.
The products on offer are as below and the starting price for these two-wheelers is AED 3,900; and it goes up to AED 7,000 depending on the model/engine size.
Hero Karizma
Displacement: 223 cc
Power: 19.5 bhp @ 7,500 rpm
Torque: 19.35 Nm @ 6,000 rpm
Transmission: 5-speed constant mesh
Hero Thriller
Displacement: 150 cc
Power: 15.8 bhp @ 8,500 rpm
Torque: 13.5 Nm @ 7,000 rpm
Transmission: 5-speed constant mesh
Hero Hunk
Displacement: 150 cc
Power: 15.8 bhp @ 11,500 rpm
Torque: 13.5 Nm @ 7,000 rpm
Transmission: 5-speed constant mesh
Hero Glamour
Displacement: 125 cc
Power: 9.10 horsepower @ 7,000 RPM
Torque: 10.35 Nm @ 4,000 RPM
Transmission: 4-speed constant mesh
Hero Dawn
Displacement: 125 cc
Power: 8.60 horsepower @ 7,000 rpm
Torque: 10.27 Nm @ 4,000 rpm
Transmission: 4-speed constant mesh
