Force Motors

Force Motors Ltd.
legal form	Limited
ISIN	INE451A01017
founding	1958
Seat	Pune , India
management	Abhaykumar Firodia, Chairman
Number of employees	7492
sales	35.3 billion INR; 440.02 million EUR
Branch	Automotive industry
Website	www.forcemotors.com
	As of March 31, 2018

Force Motors ( Bajaj Tempo until 2005 ) is an Indian manufacturer of commercial vehicles and off-road vehicles and part of the Firodia Group .

history

The Bajaj-Tempo company was founded in 1958 to manufacture the Tempo tricycle under license. When Vidal & Sohn (manufacturer of the Tempo tricycle) was taken over by Hanomag and Hanomag was later taken over by Mercedes-Benz , Bajaj also built various Hanomag and Mercedes-Benz models under license. In addition to the tricycle, Bajaj also built the Tempo Matador and later the Harburg Transporter . This has now been replaced by the Force Traveler, a (slightly modernized) replica of the Mercedes-Benz T 1 .

In 1988 the off-road vehicle Trax was presented. In 2005, Bajaj-Tempo was renamed Force Motors. In the same year the company entered into a joint venture with MAN to manufacture heavy trucks.

The production of the last tricycle was stopped in August 2010 without a direct successor. Another joint venture was entered into with Rolls-Royce in 2018 to build 10 and 12-cylinder MTU engines under license.

Today Force Motors builds tractors, vans, minibuses, off-road vehicles and heavy trucks.

Bajaj Tempo Hanseat (license from Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werk ) as a snack stand from Tempo-Fritz
Bajaj Tempo Minidor
Tempo Bajaj Matador F 307 ( Hanomag / Mercedes-Benz license for the Harburger Transporter )
Force Traveler Luxury ( Mercedes-Benz T 1 )
Force Trax Judo

Web links

Commons : Force Motors - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Force Motors 59th Annual Report , accessed October 27, 2018
↑ Converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, March 31, 2018
↑ Bajaj Tempo will now be Force Motors. In: timesofindia.indiatimes.com. February 24, 2005, accessed January 8, 2019 .
↑ Gouri Agtey Athale: Force Motors stops manufacture of 15-yr old Minidor. In: economictimes.indiatimes.com. August 30, 2010, accessed April 23, 2019 .

[AR_18-1] Force Motors 59th Annual Report , accessed October 27, 2018

[2] Converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, March 31, 2018

[indiatim-031213-3] Bajaj Tempo will now be Force Motors. In: timesofindia.indiatimes.com. February 24, 2005, accessed January 8, 2019 .

[indiatim-458547-4] Gouri Agtey Athale: Force Motors stops manufacture of 15-yr old Minidor. In: economictimes.indiatimes.com. August 30, 2010, accessed April 23, 2019 .