Multi-Utility Vehicles
The term Multi-Utility Vehicles owes its origin to the 'General Purpose vehicles' used by American armies during the World War II. India's first Multi-Utility Vehicle was launched by Mahindra and Mahindra in 1944.Multi-Utility Vehicles was a much overlooked segment till a few decades back. The languishing segment received a much needed hope when Tata launched Sumo. Multi-Utility Vehicles are now seen as ideal for the rural roads, and are highly favored in hilly regions of the country where the terrains tend to be on the rougher side.

Some of the companies that have stakes in Multi-Utility Vehicles segment are -


Mahindra and Mahindra
Mahindra and Mandindra holds over 55% of the market shares in the Multi-Utilty Vehicles segment. The Multi-Utilty Vehicles of Mahindra and Mahindra are known for their reliability, strength and excellent return for money.

Some of most famous Multi-Utility Vehicles of Mahindra and Mahindra company are

  •   Three Commander models
  •   Mahindra Bolero GLX
  •   Range of Scorpio models

Tata Motors
Tata Motors provides most of the competition to Mahindra and Mahindra. It enjoyed immense success after the launch of Sumo in 1995. Since then its presence has been paled by the plethora of extremely successful launches by Mahindra and Mahindra. Recently Tata Motors has come up with Safari Dicor. The vehicle has received some rave reviews from the car crictics.

Bajaj Tempo
Bajaj Tempo is the latest entrant into this newly found craze for Multi-Utility Vehicles. In October 2000 it launched its Gama and Judo models.