automobile founded 1958 headquarters pune india key people abhay n. firodia chairman 1 prasan a. firodia managing director products trax traveller trump force one balwan tractor revenue 1480 crore 2011 operating income 104 crore 2011 2 net income 58.6 crore number of employees 8000 website www.forcemotors.com force motors formerly bajaj tempo is an indian manufacturer of three wheelers multi utility and cross country vehicles light commercial vehicles tractors buses and heavy commercial vehicles . it was originally named firodia tempo ltd. and later after partial acquisition by bajaj auto as bajaj tempo ltd. contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit bajaj tempo minidor tempo bajaj matador hanomag mercedes benz license of harburger transporter force trax force one force traveller as an ambulance the company was founded in 1958 by n.k.firodia . bajaj auto bought a controlling stake in the company renaming it bajaj tempo . germany s daimler benz a long time collaborator with firodia because of their ownership of the original tempo works in germany owned 16 % of bajaj tempo . they sold their stake back to the firodia group in 2001 meaning they once again held a controlling interest . it was agreed that the company would gradually phase out the use of the tempo brand name as it still belonged to mercedes benz . 3 the name of the company was changed to force motors in may 2005 . 4 force motors started production of the hanseat three wheeler in collaboration with german vidal & sohn tempo werke and went on to establish a presence in the light commercial vehicles field with the matador the proverbial lcv light commercial vehicle in india . bajaj tempo was associated with mercedes benz since 1976 and in 1982 they began building the mercedes benz om616 diesel engine . through the 1980s and 1990s and especially in the last five years with a major product development effort force motors has introduced new light commercial vehicles a facelifted series of tempo trax utility vehicles new tractors and a new range of three wheelers . the matador which defined the light commercial segment in india saw sales collapsing in the late 1990s and bajaj tempo began a substantial program of developing modern vehicles to replace it . 5 bajaj tempo also built the diesel engines used in the mercedes benz w124 and later w210 as manufactured in india . this was a small scale endeavour but while it did not net bt much profit they benefitted from the connection both in terms of reputation and technology . 5 the company which mainly operates in niche commercial vehicle segment entered into the personal vehicle segment in august 2011 with the launch of its first suv named force one . 6 tractors are built under the balwan and ox formerly tempo ox brands . 7 the tractor field was entered by then bajaj tempo in 1996 1997 and were developed indigenously rather than depending on imported technology . 5 in a move away from its long established business of being a commercial vehicle maker force motors entered the personal vehicles arena with a sports utility vehicle the force one in 2011 and an extreme off roader vehicle the gurkha in 2013 . recently in the year 2015 the company also inaugurated its chennai plant which will produce and test engines and transmissions exclusively for all bmw cars and suvs made in india . the it system of the production facility is integrated in real time with the global production network of bmw . this enables all essential production process values to be integrated in bmw s global data . the force motors plant at chennai has been developed under supervision and guidance from the luxury car maker and is according to their exacting global standards . force motors has manufacturing facilities at akurdi and urs maharashtra pithampur madhya pradesh and chennai tamil nadu . a state of the art manufacturing facility at chakan maharashtra will be inaugurated soon . products edit force motors manufactures a range of vehicles including small commercial vehicles scv light commercial vehicles lcv multi utility vehicles muv sports utility vehicles suv heavy commercial vehicles hcv and agricultural tractors . personal vehicles force one suv force gurkha light commercial vehicles traveller range of vehicles small commercial vehicles trump 40 scv multi utility vehciles trax agricultural vehicles balwan tractors orchard tractors references edit wikimedia commons has media related to force motors vehicles . bloomberg tv india abhay firodia force motors pdf . bajaj tempo will now be force motors . the times of india . bennett coleman & co. ltd. 2005 02 24 . retrieved 2013 09 20 . it s official bajaj tempo is now force motors . the economic times . bennett coleman & co. ltd. 2005 05 12 . retrieved 2013 09 20 . a b c b m 1998 10 31 . lower sales . economic and political weekly . mumbai india sameeksha trust . 33 44 2764 2765 . http profit.ndtv.com news show force one suv launched at rs 10 65 lakh to 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