[teamveevee]

Originally Posted by SirAlec

I am in Delhi now. I have seen atleast three Low floor buses using Made in China Tires.

are DTC using this or TATA supplying these with Chinese tyres.

Somewhere read, the earlier bus fires were attributed to the poor quality of tires, and there is shortage for these tyres in India. As TATA also maintains these buses, it is possible that TM procured these tires from a Chinese manufacturer?

[Trapezio]

Originally Posted by Ashley2

Are you sure of the launch of this bus. I felt this is a Concept when I seen it inAutoExpo 2010.

Yeah, I am sure. This is a new bus range from Tata. The chassis and the drivetrain (basically the entire bus) is totally new.

Originally Posted by smashnerd

Hey, can anyone tell me if this is a concept or the new Starbus from Tata-Marcopolo. I think it looks nice enough (not awesome though).

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this was show cased at auto expo its an FE bus

saw the AL 12 M bus...good design by a company called moefus heard for the first time it was travelling from mumbai to ratnagiri i guess

liked the design

[Archish]

Originally Posted by santoshnair

saw the AL 12 M bus...good design by a company called moefus heard for the first time it was travelling from mumbai to ratnagiri i guess

liked the design

Good Design to look at, but does not seem practical. The headlights seems insufficient. Look at the pics, the operator has added aftermarket headlamps inside the front grill.

[smashnerd]

Originally Posted by Trapezio

@smashnerd

This is an upcoming bus which will be soon released. Its a 27 seater with 140 hp BS IV CRDi engine. BTW, it comes with 6 speed gearbox, climate control, dash mounted gear lever and ABS as well.

This seems pretty sweet, atleast on paper. Hope they improve their quality and offer it at a sweeter price.

i saw this clipping in the new edition of CV magazine...parveen travels has launched this conference on wheels bus...couple of pics of exteriors and interiors...any idea whats the make on this

[silversteed]

I guess it's an AL 12m Bus. Or going by the trend in Parveen travels, it could be an Eicher.

[teamveevee]

Originally Posted by santoshnair

i saw this clipping in the new edition of CV magazine...parveen travels has launched this conference on wheels bus...couple of pics of exteriors and interiors...any idea whats the make on this

For a 73 Lakh bus, the front look so ugly. It looks like they spent most of the money in interiors and the front is an after thought.
This bus reminds me of the olden days when Premier Automobiles was at its prime, they used to run an executive bus from Kurla HQ to Pune Factory in the morning and return in the evening.

Originally Posted by silversteed

it could be an Eicher.

Looks like it.

[smashnerd]

Yeah, the front is downright atrocious.

[Transsenger]

Finally AL had brought the "Viking SLF" to Kerala. Spotted a demo VikingSLF chassis with "to KSRTC Demo" written on the front bumber.
Lets wait and c, what KSRTC decides about this one!

Some times i have been wondering why there has never been a RE AL or TM bus on inter city routes non ac....like BBAy - BLr or BBAy - Goa...any technical reason or is it because of the state of roads..

[SPARKled]

Any one knows about the the new ISUZU buses? Saw a couple of these on the pune-Mumbai expressway expressway and these were running at Volvo/Kinglong speeds.

[f1fan]

Originally Posted by SPARKled

Any one knows about the the new ISUZU buses? Saw a couple of these on the pune-Mumbai expressway expressway and these were running at Volvo/Kinglong speeds.

Travelled on one during a recent Mangalore-Bangalore trip. It was a three month old Bus, was smooth and surely faster compared to TATA/AL.
Speed was decent but noticed that Volvo used to easily get away. Our bus driver had a decent fight with a couple of Volvo's but the Volvo's won in the end.
The only thing bothering was the noise from the AC vents. The AC was set at 22 Degrees and used to auto cut off/on. When it used to start, there would be considerable noise from the AC vents.

Overall a good experience.

[raj_5004]

Originally Posted by Transsenger

Finally AL had brought the "Viking SLF" to Kerala. Spotted a demo VikingSLF chassis with "to KSRTC Demo" written on the front bumber.
Lets wait and c, what KSRTC decides about this one!

pardon my ignorance, whats special in the Viking SLF?