On December 16, 2010, India-based Hero Group (Hero) and Japan-based Honda Motor Co. (Honda) signed an agreement to dissolve their partnership, thus putting an end to one of the most successful joint ventures in the Indian automobile industry.

Are Honda and Hero separate?

NEW DELHI: It's finally splitsville for Hero Honda, one of corporate India's oldest and most successful joint ventures , with the two founding partners—India's Munjal family and Japan's Honda Motor Corp—agreeing to part ways and terminate the 26-year-old relationship due to unresolved differences and ambitious ...

Does hero still use Honda engine?

Hero though is still using the Honda sourced 102 cc mill in the Hero Pleasure, the 125 cc mill from the Hero Glamour and 97 cc powerplant seen in the Hero Splendor+ and Hero Passion. ... Models like the Hero Splendor+ use the 97 cc mill sourced from Honda.