Ashok Leyland AVTR 4120 – India’s first 4 Axle 14 Wheeler Truck Launched

Ashok Leyland, the flagship Company of the Hinduja Group and India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, has launched India’s first 4-axle 8×2 DTLA Truck (14-wheeler) AVTR 4120 which has a capacity of 40.5 tonne Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). 

The new Ashok Leyland AVTR 4120 truck offers an additional 5-ton payload compared to standard 8×2 trucks with better TCO. 

Talking about the newly launched product range, Vipin Sondhi, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland said “Ashok Leyland has always been ahead of the curve and leads the CV industry in terms of innovation. Our endeavour has always been to address the needs of our customers and deliver better profitability for them and The Ashok Leyland AVTR 4120 is one step towards this offering the customer flexibility”. 

Commenting on the launch, Anuj Kathuria, COO, Ashok Leyland, said, “We have last year launched AVTR – India’s first Modular Truck platform to address the varied Load-Road-Application and customer requirements. Now, with this innovative product, we will give flexibility to customers. In many applications the load availability is dynamic due to various factors like type of material, onward/return load, seasonality, customer order quantity, etc. 

The Ashok Leyland AVTR 4120 will operate at 40.5 Ton with the lift axle down (Revenue and payload nearly similar to 10×2) and at 28 Ton with the lift axle up (lower fuel and operating cost similar to 6×2) during light load/partial load/return empty. 

This new product offers the customer flexibility to operate at large band of GVW from 28T to 40.5T
with best-in-class Total Cost of Operation (TCO) benefits.

AVTR 4120 is fitted with a 12.5-tonne dual tire lift axle (DTLA) with Patented Parallogram technology – which ensures better tire life. 

The Ashok Leyland AVTR 4120 is available in 200 HP (700 Nm torque) and 250 HP (900 Nm torque) options with iGen6 technology offering superior power, performance, and fluid efficiency.