The new vehicles also come with frontal crash protection, a feature that helps the trucks to absorb the impact of a head-on collision, thereby keeping the occupants of the vehicle safe in the eventuality of any untoward incident, the company said in a release.
"As part of our strategy to further grow and strengthen our leadership, Captain Haulage and 3718 Plus (trucks) will play an important role," Ashok Leyland's president for global trucks, Anuj Kathuria said.
The competitive price point, higher fuel efficiency, more payload and heavy duty aggregates resulting in lower operating cost, maintenance cost,among others, all of this combined with the innovative iEGR (intelligent exhaust gas re-circulation) technology, will help reduce operating costs for customers and subsequent higher profitability, he said.
The truck is specially designed to deliver higher uptime and faster turnaround time to meet the high productivity demands of the logistics industry, the release said. It is available in both AC and non AC versions.
The 3718 PLUS is latest addition in 37T segment which is one of the fastest growing segments in commercial vehicle industry, the release said, adding the vehicle offers an additional 10 per cent fuel savings, 225 kgs of more payload and 10 per cent extra tyre life from new technology tyres, the company said.
Unitized wheel bearings are now available as an optional feature on 37T and 31T range and will expanded to other ranges progressively, the release added.
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