Mahindra Truck and Bus Division

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division, formerly called Mahindra Navistar[1] / Mahindra International,[2] is an Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer formed in 2005 from a joint-venture between Navistar International (49%) of the United States and Indian automobile maker Mahindra & Mahindra (51%).[3] It has been demerged[4] into Mahindra & Mahindra ltd and became a separate division.

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division
TypePublic
IndustryAutomotive
HeadquartersPune, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Key people
Pawan Goenka (MD)
ProductsCommercial Vehicles
Number of employees
900 approx. (Mar-2014)
ParentMahindra & Mahindra
Websitemahindratruckandbus.com

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division's Head office is located at Chinchwad, Pune and its manufacturing line is inside Mahindra Vehicles Manufacturers Ltd., Chakan, Pune.

Mahindra Navistar Tanker Truck on NH45 in Tamil Nadu(2013)

Products

Mahindra Truck and Bus commercial vehicles range from 3.5 – 49 tons GVW/GCW.

HCV Range

BLAZO (Haulage) 25T, 31T & 37T GVW BLAZO (Tipper) 25T & 31T GVW BLAZO (Tractor) 35T,40T & 49T GCW

ICV Range

It contains trucks from furio 11 to furio 17 FURIO 6.5T to 16T.

LCV Range

LOAD - LoadKing OPTIMO (4.5-6.9T GVW), DI3200 JAYO (4.5T GVW)

BUS - COMFIO, COSMO, Tourister Excelo (15, 25,29, 32, 36, 40, 41, 46, 55 seater buses), CRUZIO [5]

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division rolled out its 15,000th HCV Truck from Chakan Plant in mid 2015,[6] whereas in the LCV segment the company has sold approx 1.25 lakhs vehicles.[7]

BLAZO Range

Mahindra launched new series of smart trucks with new branding "BLAZO", in Auto Expo 2016.[8]

Blazo Variants

BLAZO 25, BLAZO 25 TIPPER, BLAZO 31 8X4 TIPPER, BLAZO 31, BLAZO 35, BLAZO 37, BLAZO 37 COWL, BLAZO 40 TIP TRAILER, BLAZO 49.

BLAZO X (2018)

Mahindra has launched its new variant of HCV trucks called BLAZO X with improved fuel efficiency across its HCV range.[5]

FURIO Range

The FURIO range of ICV trucks will be manufactured at the company's Chakan-based facility, near Pune. The new Furio trucks are positioned below the Blazo range from Mahindra and take on the offerings from Eicher and Tata Motors.[9]

The Furio trucks are powered by Mahindra's new mDi Tech diesel engine that produces 138 bhp at 2400 rpm and 500 Nm of peak torque. The engine comes with Mahindra's FuelSmart technology to optimise fuel consumption, and comes with multi-mode switches depending on the load conditions.[10]

CRUZIO

Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD), unveiled Mahindra CRUZIO, a range of buses based on its latest Intermediate Commercial Vehicles (ICV) platform. Aimed at the employee transport segment, the CRUZIO marks the company’s debut in the popular Lastwagen Pullman Overhang (LPO) segment of buses.[11]

References
  1. "Mahindra completes purchase of Navistar's stake in India Joint Ventures". Mahindra.com.
  2. "Mahindra International is now Mahindra Navistar". Motorindiaonline.in. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. "The Hindu : Business : M&M forms venture with International Truck of U.S." Thehindu.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. "Mahindra Truck & Bus business to demerge into M&M Ltd. To operate as a new Division". Mahindra.com.
  5. "Mahindra Truck and Bus". Mahindra Truck and Bus. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  6. "Business News, India Stock Market, Personal Finance, IPO, Financial News Headlines". The Financial Express. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  7. "Mahindra Trucks and Buses to launch new LCV and ICV ranges". Rushlane.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. "Ajay Devgn and BLAZO, a fiery combination transforming the Indian trucking Industry". Blog.mahindratrucksandbuses.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  9. ShahJul 24, Ronak; Pm, 2018 1:54 (24 July 2018). "Mahindra Truck Furio range launched: Pininfarina-designed model gives Mahindra a long-awaited advantage". Financialexpress.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. "Mahindra Furio Range Of Intermediate Trucks Launched In India - NDTV CarAndBike". carandbike.com. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  11. https://www.mahindra.com/news-room/press-release/mahindra-unveils-cruzio-an-all-new-range-of-buses-based-on-icv-platform
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