Truck Sales and Market share Review – 1st Qtr, 2017 – 18.
Currently Indian Commercial vehicle industry is in very exciting phase, post BS IV migration and GST implementation. While for many sectors, including Passenger cars, it will be more of price...
View ArticleBus Sales and Market share Review – 1st Qtr, 2017 – 18.
M & HCV bus sales was at 8,621 as against 11,973 last year and was down by 28%. ICV bus sales down by 15% to 5,851 from 6,893 nos. MCV buses sold 2,770 nos...
View ArticleWhat next to 37T rigid trucks? Here is a concept of 43T rigid truck.
Indian truck market is undergoing a transformation in last couple of years. Thanks to new entrants like BharatBenz and a swift response from incumbents like Ashok Leyland, Tata motors and Eicher....
View ArticleValue Rear engine multi axle coach – Potential space untapped by bus Mfrs.
Indian Intercity bus segment with an estimated volume of around 5000 to 6000 units haven’t moved forward for quite sometime. While the action is very hot in the premium category there isn’t anything...
View Article5 Misconceptions about Volvo, Scania and Mercedes Benz coaches.
Intercity bus transportation got redefined with the entry of premium rear engine coaches like Volvo in the early 2000. They offered extremely comfortable travel, primarily attributed to location of...
View ArticleScoop : Eicher 41T rigid truck caught on test.
While we wrote about, what could be the next step in 37T rigid truck segment, Eicher has logically worked on relatively easier and higher ton rigid truck from the same existing 37T truck platform....
View ArticleThe 4 Cyl Vs 6 Cyl debate in 16T rigid trucks
Over the last 70 years, from the era of Tata Mercedes-Benz 312 and Ashok Leyland Comet, to the present Signa’s and Captain’s, there has been tremendous technological changes which the Indian trucks...
View ArticleAshok Leyland Viking City bus with ‘Leymatic’- First Drive.
It was during the year 2006, National Urban Transport Policy, promulgated the modern technologies for public transport with focus on bus based systems. Until such time, there wasn’t a need felt for a...
View ArticleMarket for Air Conditioned ICV buses burgeoning. Exclusive study.
Long gone are the days when Air Conditioned buses were where beyond the reach of any normal Passenger and Operators, be it Intercity or Tourist/Staff bus. Thanks to Volvo, today we have sizeable share...
View ArticleScoop : Ashok Leyland working on 41T rigid truck.
Indian truck market is undergoing quick and fast transformation in bringing new segments and application based products. Similar to Europe, we are also developing application specific trucks like twin...
View ArticleScoop : MAN 31.440, 19 Cu.m rock body.
We understand MAN will be launching a 31T deep mining, rock body tipper in the coming days and here we present some scoop images of the tipper. As always we are here to break...
View ArticleAshok Leyland 12M Vs BharatBenz 1623 – Head on.
The front engine Intercity bus segment can be classified predominantly into three sub segments namely Economy, Value and Deluxe, while the Economy segment is the Non AC segment, the other two AC...
View ArticleMAN Trucks and Buses – A Pictorial Plant tour.
MAN trucks and buses started Indian journey in the year 2006 and is an early European bird to enter Indian mass truck market. The earlier joint venture with Force was completely taken over by...
View ArticleScoop : Ashok Leyland 12M with disc brakes
Ashok Leyland has been continuously bringing new features to its flagship passenger model 12M like electro magnetic retarder, full air suspension, tubeless radials, Automated transmission and now we...
View ArticleScoop : Ashok Leyland 41T rigid truck, more images.
Ashok Leyland has been testing 41T rigid trucks for quite some time and now we have got some clear images of the truck under testing. Our reader Mr.Chandrasekar has shared them with us and...
View ArticleAshok Leyland battery Swapping technology and its challenges.
Ashok Leyland announced a global partnership with SUN Mobility in July 2017 and it shaped further in the Auto Expo as a new technology – Battery Swapping. This partnership aims to create SMART Mobility...
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