Interesting comments from Force Motors chairman and managing director Abhay Firodia are reported in the Indian press today. Force – formerly Bajaj Tempo – showcased a few of its products at the IAA show – it has a 70:30 JV with MAN based at Pithampur – and it looks like things are beginning to move. The JV has a capacity of 24,000 trucks and is expected to reach 50 per cent export level in three to four years. The vehicles will be branded as ‘MAN’ trucks and will, according to Firodia, be marketed globally. More to the point, 90 per cent of the components therein will be indigenous by March 2007. Where this fits with the whole Scania thing, or, more obliquely with Munich’s recently inked deal to develop its Iranian business with local OE Avrin remains to be seen. But a low cost, high brand product for a global market is an intriguing prospect.