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January 2012
Auto Expo is a platform for auto-
mobile manufacturers to showcase
future technologies and innovations.
Ashok Leyland has always present-
ed interesting products at the expo.
However, some of them have not
gone beyond the conceptual stage.
But Auto Expo 2012 is going to be
different.
Ashok Leyland is known for its
innovative products that are more
suited to Indian market operating
conditions, be it trucks or buses. In
keeping with this tradition, AL has
come up with a path-breaking inno-
vation in the city bus segment – The
JANBUS.
The JANBUS is a front-engine,
semi-low floor bus (entry plus one
step) with air suspension (front and
rear) and with a full-flat floor which
can be packed. This is considered the
first such innovation in the world on
semi-floor platform at a floor height
Bus industry (Auto Expo preview)
of 650mm. “We have 16 patents on
this bus”, said Mr. Dasari.
In India, most of the standard
buses have a floor height of 1100
mm, which is entry plus 3 steps. Jn-
NURM was the first major effort to
bring some standards in the bus seg-
ment by making floor height of 890
mm as standard in city buses, which
is entry plus 2 steps. Ashok Leyland
was the first to introduce, way back
in 2005 at BEST Mumbai, a front-
engine 890 mm floor height bus, and
this has today become a standard bus
as per the JnNURM specifications.
“We will showcase products
which we are ready to offer the
market”
– Mr. Vinod Dasari, AL Managing Director
An exclusive report by MOTORINDIA