Ashok Leyland launches Dost LCV at Rs 3.79 lakh



The Indian LCV or the Light Commercial Vehicle segment is also heating up. Ashok Leyland recently launched a new offering for the segment in the form of the Dost – priced at Rs 3.79 lakh, ex-showroom. This also the first vehicle from the Ashok Leyland – Nissan JV and the higher version costs Rs 4.37 lakh, ex-showroom. The Dost has a load capacity of 1.25 tonnes and comes powered by a 3 cylinder 1.5-litre diesel engine. This unit puts out a respectable 55Bhp of power along with 150Nm of torque. The engine is mated to a 5-speed manual transmssion.

Dost will be sold in both BS3 and BS4 markets. Some of the features are
1. Front Transverse leaf suspension
2. Load Sensing Proportioning Valve (LSPV) technology
3. Base model comes without power steering
4. Mid model comes with power steering
5. Top model comes with air-con in addition to power steering

Ashok Leyland will also offer different versions based on the Dost for various applications. The initial launch will be in the four Southern states  namely Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Later, it will be launched in Gujarat and Maharashtra followed by a nationwide launch.

Source – http://indianautosblog.com/
 

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Born and brought up in Delhi, the biking culture of Pune absorbed Bunny in 2005. The next 6 years were spent exploring the Indian auto industry with Car India and Bike India magazines before moving back to Delhi in 2010 and changing the face of Dreamcarz magazine. 2011 saw him moving to the greener pastures of the web world and ever since he has been heading the content at Gaadi.com.


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Born and brought up in Delhi, the biking culture of Pune absorbed Bunny in 2005. The next 6 years were spent exploring the Indian auto industry with Car India and Bike India magazines before moving back to Delhi in 2010 and changing the face of Dreamcarz magazine. 2011 saw him moving to the greener pastures of the web world and ever since he has been heading the content at Gaadi.com.

19 Comments on “Ashok Leyland launches Dost LCV at Rs 3.79 lakh”

  • sanjay pandey wrote on 24 November, 2011, 11:47

    please give the details and quotation with max fin-plan

  • mansur s wrote on 26 November, 2011, 19:16

    give me best deal for Ashok Leyland Dost LCV & showroom available near boisar palghar want to purchase within 2 weeks. mob no.09173414040 ……………… need details as quick as possible

  • M.Bala guru wrote on 28 November, 2011, 12:38

    please give the details and quotation with max fin-plan

  • Rajesh Ananda wrote on 14 December, 2011, 13:58

    give me best deal for Ashok Leyland Dost LCV & showroom available near Nashik want to purchase within 2 weeks. mob no.8605744484 ……………… need details And quotation as quick as possible

  • Rajesh Ananda wrote on 14 December, 2011, 14:10

    please give the details and quotation MY Mobile No.8605744484

  • Vinoth Prabhu wrote on 30 December, 2011, 11:37

    we want a detailed quotation for three models

  • sachin govind wrote on 30 December, 2011, 18:16

    we want a detailed quotation for three models

  • Sunray's Marketing wrote on 3 February, 2012, 18:30

    Please send the details of all three models of Dost and there price list on road. My Firm is in Nashik and i also want to use the vechicle for transportation in nashik district. so Kindly let me know the delivery & registration rates in Nasik city as soon as possible.

    Thankyou

  • Jatinderpal singh wrote on 5 February, 2012, 22:30

    please send me all details of this new LCV DOST and cargo size specially.

  • yashpal gavali wrote on 11 April, 2012, 10:25

    i want to purchases dost mini truct of ashok lealand but in my city no dealership. solapur maharashtra.

  • ankush wrote on 22 July, 2012, 14:49

    i want to 2 purchase ‘dost’…..plz send a quotation on my mail id ( do not call me)

  • VINOTH KANNA wrote on 20 August, 2012, 12:36

    NEED ON ROAD PRICE FOR DOST ALL MODELS NEED TO PURCHASE IN A WEEK TIME

  • Amol Sonawane wrote on 21 September, 2012, 23:21

    i want dost show room location in nashik suddenly plz send me address of show room in my mail immediately

  • amol pawar wrote on 24 September, 2012, 14:04

    i want quotation for dost and also loan on it so what i would recurred..

  • beant wrote on 21 November, 2012, 11:21

    please give the details and quotation with max fin-plan mobile no 9464540169

  • Rajratna Jimmekar wrote on 14 January, 2013, 8:56

    give me best deal for Ashok Leyland Dost LCV & showroom available near Pune want to purchase within 2 months. mob no.8866210555……………… need details And quotation as quick as possible

  • rahul shah wrote on 9 April, 2013, 11:47

    i want to know ex showroom price vasai

  • ravichandra wrote on 21 May, 2013, 15:37

    please give me detailed quotation for three models and finance detaiel plz cal me or send me details and my contact no 9738362847 my2k

  • mohd amjad khan wrote on 28 May, 2013, 17:16

    please sand me all detailled from ashok lelyand in my mail thank u 9392609637
    K7MK

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