Ashok Leyland is an Indian commercial vehicle marque headquartered in Chennai and owned by the Hinduja Group. It began in 1948 as Ashok Motors, founded by Raghunandan Saran to assemble Austin cars, and took the Ashok Leyland name in 1955 after it began building Leyland designs under licence, starting with the Leyland Comet truck and the Tiger Cub bus chassis. Under the name it sells trucks, buses, light commercial vehicles, defence logistics and armoured vehicles, and diesel engines for industrial, generator and marine use. Its truck families include the Boss, Ecomet and AVTR ranges, its buses include the Viking, Sunshine, Oyster and Garud, and its light vehicles include the Dost and Bada Dost. The marque is made at plants in Hosur, Bhandara, Alwar, Vijayawada, Ennore and Pantnagar, with overseas units in Ras Al Khaimah and Leeds.
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Ashok Leyland Limited is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturer
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Founded in 1948 as Ashok Motors, it was renamed Ashok Leyland in 1955
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Today it is the second-largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in India
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Ashok Leyland Limited is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturer
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the third-largest bus manufacturer, and the tenth-largest manufacturer of lorries
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This includes trucks, buses ranging from 9 to 80 seats
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headquartered in Chennai and owned by the Hinduja Group
Has Vehicles: Ashok Leyland Dost, Lead, maker
The Dost is a 1.25 ton light commercial vehicle (LCV) that is the first product to be launched by the Indian-Japanese commercial vehicle joint venture Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles.
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In September 2020, Ashok Leyland launched the Bada Dost based on its indigenously developed LCV platform called Phoenix.
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Boss is an intermediate commercial vehicle launched by Ashok Leyland.
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In June 2020, Ashok Leyland launched its new range of modular trucks, AVTR.
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On 22 July 2024, Ashok Leyland unveiled its first 15-metre, multi-axle bus chassis, the Ashok Leyland Garud, at the M&HCV Expo held at BIEC, Bengaluru.
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The Ashok Leyland STiLE (or STiLE) is a minivan manufactured by Ashok Leyland
Ashok Leyland MiTR (Wikipedia)
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The Ashok Leyland MiTR is a Minibus manufactured by Ashok Leyland in Joint venture with Nissan.
Ashok Leyland 12M (Wikipedia)
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The 12M is a bus chassis range manufactured by Indian vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland
Ashok Leyland Stallion (Wikipedia)
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The Stallion range of trucks is produced by Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ) of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (previously Ordnance Factory Board) for the Indian Armed Forces.
Ashok Leyland FAT (Wikipedia)
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The Ashok Leyland FAT is a family of all-terrain military truck designed, developed and produced by Indian automobile manufacturer Ashok Leyland.
Ashok Leyland Viking (Wikipedia)
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The Ashok Leyland Viking is a front engined bus chassis manufactured by Ashok Leyland
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