{"id":247511,"date":"2023-12-06T05:49:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T05:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=247511"},"modified":"2023-12-06T05:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T05:49:13","slug":"commercial-passenger-vehicles-sold-under-one-roof-yay-or-nay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/commercial-passenger-vehicles-sold-under-one-roof-yay-or-nay\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial & passenger vehicles sold under one roof: Yay or nay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Force Motors and Mahindra are still selling PV’s and CV’s under the same roof.<\/h2>\n

BHPian anjan_c2007 <\/strong>recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Since more than a decade ago, CV’s and PV’s were sold and serviced under a common roof in the same dealerships by nearly all auto manufacturing units in India. Lately, a very few OE’s who are both passenger car (PV) and commercial vehicle (CV) makers like Tata Motors have separated their dealerships for these two categories of vehicles. As the clientele and their specific needs for both these categories of vehicles are different it is always preferable to have separate showrooms, which Tata Motors (earlier TELCO) has realised of late. Till their Tata Estate, Sierra, Safari, Sumo, Indica and Indigo years they might have sensed the perils of having two in one, common dealerships, but they have lately separated these. In many cases it is the same dealer who has established his CV showroom in the city’s outskirts, leaving the old showroom in the city’s prime area for PV’s. And there is a rider here. Tata Motors has though kept common dealerships in smaller towns (Tier II,III) where the sales volume is not high which is practical, as one cannot expect a dealer who sells 10-20 cars and trucks a month to have a separate showroom for PV’s and CV’s.<\/p>\n

Contrarily, Force Motors and Mahindra are still selling PV’s and CV’s under the same roof. But their tractors are sold and serviced in separate showrooms. As far as Force Motors is concerned, they sell very few PV’s though. There could again be some unavoidable tractor, PV and CV sales and service of Mahindra and Force Motors under one roof, though in smaller Tier II and III towns, where sales volumes are too low to justify separate showrooms.<\/p>\n

The photos illustrate contentions stated in the above paras.<\/p>\n

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Old Tata Sierra Turbo advt listing Tata dealers in Punjab- most of these also sold and serviced CV’s (image source: automotiveinida.com)<\/p>\n

Sree Gokulam Motors TATA Cars Showroom Thodupuzha Car Dealer in ThodupuzhaThodupuzha Kerala 685584.j<\/p>\n

A new Tata Motors PV dealership in Thodupuzha, Kerala – source Sree Gokulam Motors<\/p>\n

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Force Motors Tractor showroom- source Adarsha Entterprises, Ranebennur taluq Haveri, Karnataka<\/p>\n

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Above two image Force Motors showroom- source Keshav Force Motors, Karnal, Haryana<\/p>\n

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Force Motors dealership source- MM Automobiles, Rewari Haryana<\/p>\n

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Mahindra Tractors, Palakkad dealership- source dealer<\/p>\n

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Mahindra Tractors Dealers in Shahdol<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n