Scoop: Force Motors SUV named ‘Force One’

     Force Motors has named its soon to be launched SUV as ‘Force One’. Force Motors has been testing its SUV for quite some time on Indian roads. We had showed you some spy pictures of SUV in our earlier post.

     The Force One SUV will be powered by a Mercedes sourced 2.2L Common Rail Turbo Engine with 140 PS of power and 350 Nm of torque. The vehicle will be officially launched in a months time.

     Force Motors has also incorporated a new logo for the company. The company plans to launch a new MPV in 2012 and the current SUV will be replaced by an all new next generation SUV in 2013.

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Force Motors to launch a new MPV after its SUV launch

     Force Motors is on tip of its heal to launch its new SUV in India . The company has already started developing a new MPV for Indian market. The new MPV will be launched after the SUV launch which will happen any time soon.


     The new MPV will be a 8-9 seater targeted mainly at large Indian families and customers in the hospitality sector. The uniqueness of this MPV will be the interior space and versatility of a Force Motors vehicle.

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Force Motors SUV India launch soon

     Force Motors is ready with its SUV to be launched in India. A showroom owned by the company in Pune is getting finishing touches for the SUV launch. Force Motors has been relying heavily on the SUV to click in Indian Market. The company known for its utility vehicles in India is launching an SUV for the first time in the country.


     The Force Motors SUV is basically the Foday Guangdong Explorer III, a Chinese SUV. The company has bought the tooling for body from China and the interiors has been sourced from Thailand. No names have been announced yet, but we are sure it will not bear a Chinese name.


     The Force Motors SUV is not a great looking vehicle. It looks just like a big box on four wheels. But the company is making up by underpinning with some sturdy materials. The body-on-frame chassis with robust ‘C-in-C’ construction is suspended by a torsion bar set-up in front and coil springs at the rear. Powering the massive SUV is the Mercedes OM 611 2.2 liter common rail turbo diesel engine with 140 Bhp of power and 35 Kgm of torque, coupled with a five speed manual transmission.


     Thought the Mercedes OM 611 is a decade old, it still meets the BS4 emission norms and perform better than any other Indian SUVs. The ride and handling has been tuned by Lotus of UK. The SUV is expected to be priced at Rs. 10-12 lakhs and will come with lots of features such as airbags and ABS.

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Force Motors SUV launch postponed

     Force Motors, owned by Firodia's have postponed the launch of its maiden SUV in India. The SUV was supposed to be launched in March which has been postponed to May this year. The company wants to extend the testing of the SUV in order to ensure zero glitches before it is launched. It will compete with already established Mahindra Scorpio and Tata Safari. The SUV has been extensively being tested in and around Pune for more than 6 months.

     The SUV will be powered by a new 2.2 litre diesel engine manufactured with licensee with Daimler. The engine is being tweeked up to give more mileage by cutting down the power output. 

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Scoop: Force Motors MPV spied testing

     The spy picture of Force Motors MPV based on its Trump light commercial truck was taken while being testing, Thanks to Wheelosphere.org From the picture it is evident that the MPV will be purely a people carrier like the Tata Ace Magic. The MPV is expected to be named Force Trip.

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