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MOTORINDIA
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June 2012
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Focus on Truck industry
cover story
Mr. Nalin Mehta, Managing Director, MNAL
The company has been
keenly studying the Indian
commercial vehicle market
and with the rise of the hub
and spoke model, statistics
point out that the LCV seg-
ment is growing rapidly.
With infrastructure develop-
ment being hastened and bet-
ter quality products hitting
the market, the HCV seg-
ment also continues to grow
steadily. The medium com-
mercial vehicle (MCV) seg-
ment is yet to catch the atten-
tion of the MNAL crew who
are waiting for an opportune
time to enter the segment.
MNAL’s product range
covers vehicles from four
and a half tonnes to seven
and a half tonnes and the
HCV range – MN25 truck,
MN31 truck and MN40
tractor-trailer. The com-
pany also offers a 35-tonne
tractor-trailer for car-carrier
application and the MN25
tipper. The models come
in many variants including
long-wheel base variant, cab
version, cowl-chassis ver-
sion, single-sleeper variant,
double-sleeper variant, day-
cab variant, night-cab variant
and larger fuel-tank variant.
MNAL trucks are beginning
to attract more demand in
the market with the MN40
tractor-trailer, which was
recently launched, and the
MN31 doing very well.
The company is also work-
ing on fully-built solutions
and in a year’s time, it will