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Force Motors, was established in 1958 by Shri N. K. Firodia, veteran freedom fighter, pioneering industrialist, philosopher and philanthropist, with the vision to provide affordable commercial transport for the masses by harnessing the best available technology and offering economical, reliable and efficient products. Force Motors continues in his vision of providing efficient, utilitarian vehicles that empower the individual entrepreneur to meet his and country’s ever changing needs. Force Motors is pioneer of the LCV industry and has given India iconic brands like the Tempo, Matador, Minidor and Traveller. Today, it manufactures a wide range of vehicles including Small Commercial Vehicles (SCV), Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV), Multi Utility Vehicles (MUV), Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) and Agricultural Tractors. In a move away from its long-established business, Force Motors entered the Personal Vehicles arena with a Sports Utility Vehicle- the FORCE ONE and an Extreme Off-Roader Vehicle- Force Gurkha. Force Motors has state-of-the-art plants in Pithampur(Madhya Pradesh), Akurdi and Urse (Maharashtra) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu). It has a new plant coming up at Chakan (Maharashtra). In 1997, fully aware of the strength of Force Motors, in terms of engineering infrastructure and capabilities Daimler asked it to set up a dedicated facility for assembling and testing engines for Mercedes passenger cars to be made in India. Till date Force Motors has supplied over 50,000 engines. This business has grown to a substantial size as axles (both front and rear) of the C, E, S class passenger cars and the M and GL class SUVs made in India have also been added to the portfolio. In 2015, BMW assigned Force Motors to produce and test the engines and gearboxes for all cars and SUVs to be made in India. A state of the art factory has been built to the exacting standards of BMW by Force Motors in Chennai close to the BMW car factory.