Force one SUV

Force Motors was founded in 1958 and is commonly known as the company that made the commercial passenger vehicles such as Tempo, Matador and Traveller in India. The Pune based vehicle manufacturer has associated with Daimler AG, ZF, Bosch and MAN trucks as well. With the help of expertise and new technology, the company manufactures variety of commercial vehicles including passenger vehicles Force Motors Traveller, LCV Force Motors Trump, passenger vehicle Force Motors Trax Cruiser and Force Motors Blawan tractor. It was two years ago that the company ventured to build an SUV that it named as Force Motors Force One.

Force Motors Force One SUV has stirred competition in the SUV market in India which is governed by Ford Endeavour and Chevrolet Captiva besides others. Exterior of this mighty looking machine suggests as if it is the re-modeled version of Chinese Ford Explorer popularly known as Guangdong Foday Explorer III. Force Motors has launched its first SUV- Force One in the 4x2 version and the Force One 4x2 with ABS arrived in December 2011 whereas Force One 4x4 is expected to arrive in latter half of 2012.

The “Be the Force” SUV Force One is equipped with Daimler AG Germany sourced 2.2L FMTech (Force Motors Technology) 4cylinder CRDI turbo engine producing 321Nm of torque and 140bhp of power. The vehicle’s front is adorned with projector lamps. Localization content on the new SUV is about 75%. The suspension has been exquisitely tuned by a UK firm Lotus Engineering. Force Motors builds the SUV at its Pithampur plant and as per reports around Rs 600-800 crore will be invested in the Force Motors Force One project. Over 24,000 units will be produced annually. In order to keep track of quality delivery, Force Motors has set up an independent R&D, manufacturing, marketing & sales for the new SUV.

The new SUV by Force Motors has state-of-the-art interior comfort and convenience which includes high end features like driver information system, cruise control, audio control mounted on steering, dual AC vents for each row. Along with these the SUV also has OSRVM side indicators and plush leather seats. The ride and handling has been fine tuned by Lotus Engineering with sixteen inch alloy wheels along with high ground clearance of 205mm. The complete vehicle and the onboard electronics is audited and validated by Mercedes-Benz Technologies. The Force Motors Force One SUV is a six/seven seater SUV with 16 in alloy wheels and power steering, power windows fitted. The braking system in the Force One is front and rear disk brakes. The transmission is 5-speed manual. It also has a ground clearance of 205 mm which is good enough for a 2510 kg SUV. The fuel tank capacity is 75 litres.