FORCE. FORCE in INDIA

Force Motors Ltd., Mumbai - Pune Road, Akurdi, Pune 411 035, India

tel. +9120/7476381, 7474488, 7476381-89,

fax +9120/7473017, 7459690, 7475984, http://www.tempoindia.com

Program: Minidor Autorickshaw, Ultrador, Juggernaut, Trax Baghira, Trax Roughroad Master, Trax Cruiser, Trax Gurkha 4x4 (cabrio, station wagon), Trax 290 GTD 4x4, Trax Challenger, Trax Judo / Trax Gama, Trax Dual Cabin Pickup, Trax Pickup, Minidor Pickup.

Production volume in 2003 - 3,568 cross-country vehicles, 2,587 pick-ups, 5,624 passenger 3-wheelers and 24,940 utility 3-wheelers.

Established in 1945, Bajaj Group concern was operating as Bachraj Trading Ltd. till the mid-1950s. In 1958 they formed Bajaj Tempo joint-venture with the German company Tempo, which took over 26% of the company's shares (till 2001 16.8% of the shares belonged to DaimlerChrysler). In April 2005 the company changed its name to Force, which was also used on the company's products as the brand

FORCE ULTRADOR

FORCE TRAX GAMA

FORCE TRAX 290 GTD 4x4

FORCE TRAX BAGHIRA

FORCE JUGGERNAUT

name. Since 1968 Bajaj Tempo has been owned by Firodia Company. In 1958 the company launched the production of Tempo commercial and passenger auto rickshaws, the assembly of which started in India as early as 1951. They went out of production in 2000. In 1997 a new 3-wheeled vehicle, the Minidor, was unveiled (499-ccm 9.5 hp). The same body has been offered since 2002 on the hybrid, 7-seat Ultrador with a 72 V electric motor and a booster 90-ccm 4.5 hp petrol engine. In 1964 4-wheeled delivery vans were launched, also under license from Tempo, and in 1984 the company released the cross-country Trax, an indigenously designed vehicle, which went into production in 1986. At present the company's product range covers the following Trax models: Trax Roughroad Master cabrio and station wagon (a short-bodied 3-door 6 /9-seater or a long-bodied 3-door 11 -seater), Trax Cruiser (a long-bodied 5-door 10 /14-seat station wagon, available since 2001), Trax Challenger cabrio (10 /14-seater without doors), Trax Gurkha 4x4 cabrio and station wagon (a 3-door 7-seater or a 5-door 9-seater), Trax Judo / Trax Gama station wagon with a metal roof (a 5-door 10-seater, made since 1999), 290 GTD 4x4 (a short-bodied 3-door, 8-seat cabrio or station wagon; a medium-bodied 5-door, 9-seat station wagon; a long-bodied 5-door, 13-seat station wagon), Trax Dual Cabin Pickup (6-seater, made since 1999) and the classic Trax Pickup. Currently, the models come with the following range of engines: D 2.4-liter 65 hp (Trax Roughroad Master, Judo, Pickup), D 2.4-liter 68 hp (Gurkha), D 2.6-liter 54 hp (Challenger, Cruiser, Gama, Pickup), TD 2.4-liter 56 hp (290 GTD versions) and turbodiesel 2.4-liter 90 hp (Judo, Gurkha). In the years 1998-99 all Trax models underwent radical modernization, ending up with a completely new front and rear. At the 2002 New Delhi Motor Show, the public saw the premiere of the luxury, 5-seat Trax Baghira station wagon (TD 2.4-liter 68 hp) with a completely altered front end. At the same motor show the company demonstrated a "Hindu Hummer" - the 4-seat Juggernaut. The vehicle comes with a TD 3.2-liter 98 hp unit and has been available upon order since 2003. Delivery vans included, the company produced a total of 11,179 four-wheeled vehicles in 2003. At the 2004 New Delhi Motor Show, the public witnessed prototypes of a completely new cross-county vehicle and a restyled Trax.