TVS Motor Company is an Indian multinational manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is the flagship company of the TVS Group, one of India's oldest industrial conglomerates, and ranks among the largest two-wheeler producers in the country by volume. The company designs, manufactures and markets motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and three-wheelers for domestic and international markets.
| Type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive (two-wheelers and three-wheelers) |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Parent group | TVS Group |
| Products | Motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, three-wheelers, electric vehicles |
| Listings | BSE, NSE |
The TVS Group traces its origins to T. V. Sundaram Iyengar, who founded a transport business in Madurai in 1911. Over the decades the group diversified into automotive components, distribution and manufacturing. TVS Motor Company emerged from the group's two-wheeler manufacturing interests, which began with a technical collaboration with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan in the 1980s under the entity Ind-Suzuki Motorcycles, later renamed TVS Suzuki.
Following the end of the joint venture with Suzuki in 2001, the company was renamed TVS Motor Company and continued as an independent entity, developing its own engineering and product portfolio.
TVS Motor Company operates manufacturing plants in India at Hosur (Tamil Nadu), Mysuru (Karnataka) and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh), along with an overseas plant in Karawang, Indonesia. The company exports to markets across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Its product range includes commuter motorcycles such as the Star City and Sport, the premium Apache RTR series, scooters such as Jupiter, Ntorq and Scooty Pep, the TVS XL moped family, and three-wheelers under the TVS King brand.
The company has been chaired by members of the Sundaram family. Venu Srinivasan, a grandson of the founder, has been associated with the company as Chairman for several decades and was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. Sudarshan Venu serves as Managing Director.
TVS Motor Company is regarded as a major contributor to India's two-wheeler industry, both in domestic mobility and exports. It was among the early Indian manufacturers to invest in indigenous research and development, and the company has received recognition for quality management practices, including the Deming Prize awarded to its Hosur plant in 2002 — the first two-wheeler manufacturer outside Japan to receive the honour. Its product launches have shaped categories such as commuter mopeds, gearless scooters for women (Scooty), and affordable performance motorcycles (Apache).