Isuzu fully-built trucks
Isuzu Motors India is offering fully-built trucks that address the exacting needs of its buyers.
Isuzu Motors India is offering fully-built trucks that address the exacting needs of its buyers.
Isuzu Motors India showcased two fully-built concept trucks at the recent India Cold Chain show. The trucks, based on its D-Max pick-up platform, are an indication of the company’s strategy to address the exacting needs of its buyers. Having sold an estimated 3000 units in FY2016-17, of which the S-Cab and Regular Cab accounted for 1000 units, the move to offer fully-built units is said to be inline with the provisions of GST, which makes it cost effective for buyers to opt for a fully-built truck rather than to get an aftermarket superstructure fabricated. The two fully-built concepts that the company displayed at the India Cold Chain show were built on the D-Max regular cab. Their design took into consideration the key requirements of the company’s customers. Claimed to deliver on the count of performance, quality and reliability, Isuzu Motors India, according to Satyendra Mandalapu, Assistant Manager, Business Development Division, Isuzu Motors India, is keen to take advantage of the widening tax structure after the implementation of GST. “Post GST, fully-built reefer trucks fall under the 18 per cent tax slab,” mentioned Mandalapu.
Rather than to get the superstructure built by an aftermarket player under the GST tax slab of 28 per cent, the procurement of a fully-built vehicle under the 18 per cent GST tax slab clearly makes it more practical. Prior to the implementation of GST, the tax incidence, depending on the state in which the transaction took place, amounted to 14.5 per cent. “With Isuzu offering fully-built trucks, operators can expect to gain a 10 per cent cost benefit. This would lead to substantial savings,” averred Madalapu. He said, “In case the truck is priced at Rs.10 lakh, a 10 per cent saving amounting to Rupees-one lakh is substantial. This is especially the case for fleet owners that are looking at lower cost of ownership in a highly competitive transport-business environment.” The reefer and the dry box proto that Isuzu Motors India displayed at the fair are estimated to cost in the range of Rs.10 and Rs.12 lakh. Offered with a three year or 10,000 km warranty, the trucks are powered by a 78 hp, 2500 cc four-cylinder common-rail turbo inter-cooled diesel engine. A more powerful 135 hp engine is also on offer.
Claimed to offer superior efficiency and agility that is desired of a reefer truck to ensure quality of cargo transported by coldchain operators does not diminish, the Isuzu D-Max fully-built truck, equipped with a five-speed manual transmission, is claimed to offer among the best fuel efficiency and refinement in its class. The front suspension of the truck is made up of double wishbones. The rear suspension is made up of semielliptic leaf springs. Competing with the likes of Tata Yodha, Mahindra Bolero and Ashok Leyland Dost+, the vehicle, according to Madalapu,