page_title: Small Commercial Vehicle
section_title: Mini Trucks in India
hierarchical_section_title: Small Commercial Vehicle / Mini Trucks in India
caption_attribution_description: English: Tata Mini Ace, somewhere in Bangalore
context_page_description: In India the Small Commercial Vehicle segment was created by the launch of Tata Ace in May 2005. This category can roughly be characterized as sub 1000cc engine and less than 3.5 tons of weight. This segment competes in the prevailing three-wheeler segment on the basis of cost, durability and new pollution control laws.
  Mini trucks are suitable for short intra-city deliveries, plying on narrow village roads, long highway hauls carrying small bulky loads or even heavy cargo. Before the coming of mini trucks to India, this segment was being catered by three-wheelers. With the Supreme Court of India's ban of overloading of cargo vehicles and restrictions on the entry of heavy commercial vehicles into city, the necessity of an intermediate segment was observed. Tata became the front runner to fill the gap by launching the first mini truck of India Tata Ace.
  With the immense popularity of Tata Ace, many other manufacturers from three-wheeler segment or from Light Commercial Vehicle segment jumped into the SCV segment.
context_section_description: Tata
  Tata Ace
  Tata Ace Mega
  Tata Super Ace
  Tata Ace Zip
  Piaggio
  Piaggio Ape
  Mahindra
  Mahindra Supro Maxi Truck
  Mahindra Supro Mini Truck
  Mahindra Gio
  Mahindra Imperio
  Hindustan Motors
  HM Winner
  Ashok Leyland
  Ashok Leyland Dost
  Force Motors
  Force Trump
  Maruti Suzuki
  Super Carry
caption: Tata ace in India
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