The Force One was spotted numerous times during its development. The SUV was also been driven to Leh across the world’s highest mountain roads. Indian road conditions do take a toll on the vehicle’s suspension and this is what probably prompted Force Motors to put it to actual rigorous test conditions. The Force One is based on a Chinese SUV called Guangdong Foday Explorer III. However, the chassi
s and suspension has been specifically designed for India. Force Motors imports the body panels and assembles the SUV at their plant in Madhya Pradesh. The suspension and chassis was tweaked by Lotus, UK. Most of you would agree that, the Lotus Exige is one of the best handling sports cars and is known for its close to perfect cornering abilities. The SUV was also put to test in the UK after fine-tuning its chassis and suspension. Despite all of this, those who have tested the car in India feel that the Force One pitches disconcertingly under hard braking, which is something characteristic of softly sprung cars. That said, we will reserve our opinion on the handling and performance of the vehicle until we test it ourselves. Force Motors is an Indian manufacturer of three-wheelers, multi-utility and cross country vehicles, light commercial vehicles, tractors, buses and now heavy commercial vehicles. It was originally named Firodia Tempo Ltd. and later after partial acquisition by Bajaj Auto as Bajaj Tempo Ltd. The company was founded in 1958 by N.K.Firodia. Firodia is the Chairman and Prasan Firodia is Managing Director. Force Motors started production of the Hanseat three-wheeler in collaboration with German Vidal & Sohn Tempo Werke and went on to establish a presence in the light commercial vehicles field with the Matador, the proverbial LCV (light commercial vehicle) in India. Through the 1980s and 1990s, and especially in the last five years with a major product development effort, Force Motors has introduced new light commercial vehicles, a facelifted series of Tempo Trax utility vehicles, new state-of-the-art tractors, and a new range of three-wheelers. The company which mainly operates in commercial vehicle segment, entered into Personal Vehicle segment on 19/08/2011 and launched its first SUV named Force-One. Amitabh Bachhan, the Indian film industry icon, is the Brand Ambassador for this product. The company manufactures trucks at Pithampur, the industrial hub of Madhya Pradesh in Indore in a joint venture, Man Force Trucks Pvt. Ltd, with MAN AG of Germany. MAN Force trucks are exported overseas to countries such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and certain African nations; markets where a low selling price is essential.
