Tata Signa 3118.T

Tata Motor has launched a new Signa heavyduty truck called the 3118.T. Claimed to be India’s first three-axle 6x2 (10 wheeler) rigid truck with 31-tonnes GVW, it taps the market mind set like no other. Reflecting Tata Motors’ customercentricity and market insight, the Signa 3118.T is innovative and application intensive. With a 3,500 kg higher certified payload than the corresponding 28-tonne GVW rigid truck and equivalent cost of operations with similar fuel, tyre and maintenance cost as a 28-tonne truck, the Signa 31118.T is capable of significantly enhancing the net operating profit for its customers by up to 45 per cent over a 28-tonne truck. The incremental investment on the Signa 3118.T, over the corresponding 28-tonne truck, can be recovered in less than one year of operations and followed by years of incremental earnings, according to Rajesh Kaul, Vice President – Sales & Marketing, CBVU, Tata Motors.

Featuring a fuel economy switch, gear shift advisor, ICGT brakes, Fleet Edge telematics system with inbuilt anti-fuel theft, and reverse parking assistance, the Signa 3118.T, with its 12.5-tonne dual tyre lift axle configuration, is available in 24 ft. and 32 ft. loading span. Operable at 31-tonnes GVW with the lift axle down and at 18.5-tonne GVW with the lift axle up, the truck is aimed at all types of tanker applications (it is certified by Petroleum & Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) for 25KL POL tanker), industrial goods such as packed LPG cylinders, lubricants, agricultural products, etc.

The truck is powered by a 186 hp 5.8-litre BSVI diesel engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission.