Tata Motors has appointed a new commercial vehicle dealer at Pune called Excel Vehicles. Situated at Tathawade (on Pune-Bangalore highway), the dealer will provide sales, service and spares (3s) under one roof. One of the six dealerships that will come up in this fiscal, the dealership has 24 workshop bays, and is staffed by professionally trained technicians. It has the capacity to handle 100 vehicles a day, and is equipped with amenities like dedicated express service bays, overnight driver and technicians’ rest rooms, environmental friendly water conversation equipment treatment plant (ETP), Wi-Fi connectivity, electronic and bio-metric attendance systems, service parking and specialised reserved vehicle display areas. Apart from the Tathawade facility, Excel Vehicles is also in the process of starting another 3s facility for Tata’s SCVs (Small Commercial Vehicles) at Tathawade as well as Loni. Loni is near Chakan on the Pune-Nashik highway. Averred R. Ramakrishnan, Senior Vice President, Commercial Vehicles, Tata Motors, “With an understanding of the retail distribution business, after-sales services, customer care and new markets, across sectors, we are happy to have on board Excel Vehicles, a leading player in the automobile retail business here in Pune.” Ajay Garg, CEO and Director, Excel Vehicles, said “We at Excel Vehicles would offer all the products and solutions available in the Tata Motors commercial vehicle range, with highly skilled, trained and qualified professionals working for our organisation.” For the record, the entire sales team at this dealership has been trained under Tata Motors’ ‘Drona’ training module.