Ashok Leyland,the flagship company of Hinduja Group is planning to introduce a passenger version of its LCV Dost within one year.It will be having a seating capacity of 7-8 members.Ashok Leyland is working in joint venture with Nissan Motors to roll out the Dost.
Mr.V.Sumantran,Vice-Chairman of Hinduja Automotive Executive reported that the passenger version was in the pipeline and the joint venture was working on the design of the vehicle leveraging the combined strength of the two companies.
The company was looking at marketing the LCV in overseas markets in course of time with particular emphasis on BRIC countries.Regarding this,Sumantran said that enquiries are received from some markets and they are planning to tap three markets — two for Nissan and one for Ashok Leyland.
Dost possess a payload capacity of 1.25 tonnes and was available in three versions in which the top end model features an air-conditioned cabin,power steering and fabric seats.The company would offer ready to use vehicles on the Dost platform like refrigerated and steel containers and ambulance services.