Ashok Leyland,the flagship company of Hinduja group has announced the commercial launch of its first LCV Dost.The prices of the base variant and top variant of Dost are Rs.3.79 lakhs and Rs.4.39 lakhs(ex-showroom Chennai) respectively.
Dheeraj G Hinduja,Chairman of Ashok Leyland reported that Ashok Leyland started off as a car maker making Austin cars.Later it shifted focus to commercial vehicles.India is a growing competitive market in the light commercial vehicle industry and today’s launch of Dost is a testimony of Ashok Leyland’s expertise in the field.
He said since the launch of their first product,they have come a long way and they will be expanding their range (in the light commercial vehicle segment) in the next two years.
The LCV Dost has a payload capacity of 1.25 tonnes and is available in three versions.The top end version of Dost features air-conditioning,power steering and fabric seats.Ashok Leyland claims that by partnering with Nissan they would be able to offer products which are Japan quality offered at Indian cost.