Ashok Leyland Model History

India · founded 1948

India's second-largest commercial vehicle maker — from the iconic Comet truck of 1954 to the electric Circuit bus and the modular AVTR platform, powering the subcontinent's roads for over 75 years.

Models

Comet

The truck that built Ashok Leyland — a rugged cabover that dominated Indian haulage for three decades and sold 1,000 units in its very first year.

Heavy truck · 1954–1990
Tusker

India's first indigenously developed 13-tonne truck — launched in 1980 with a 125 hp engine, giving Indian hauliers their first home-grown heavy-duty workhorse.

Heavy truck · 1980–present
Taurus

India's first multi-axle truck (1980) — so dominant in heavy tipper work that Indian fleet operators still call any multi-axle tipper a 'Taurus' decades later.

Heavy truck · 1980–present
AVTR

Ashok Leyland's BS6-era modular platform (2020) — a single chassis offering over 600,000 configuration permutations from 18.5 to 55 tonnes.

Heavy truck · 2020–present
Titan

India's first double-decker bus — introduced in 1967 with 50 percent local content, transforming urban transit in major Indian cities.

Bus · 1967–present
Viking

India's first bus with an alternator and front-entry overhang (1976) — a design derived from the English Albion Viking that modernised Indian urban bus fleets.

Bus · 1976–present
Cheetah

India's first rear-engine bus (1978) — an Ashok Leyland landmark that shielded drivers from engine heat and noise while redefining Indian bus engineering.

Bus · 1978–present
Circuit

India's first indigenously produced all-electric bus (2016) — a 31-seat, 120 km-range miniature built on the Jan Bus Midi platform, launched under the Make in India initiative.

Electric bus · 2016–present
Dost

Ashok Leyland's first light commercial vehicle (2011) — a 1.25-tonne LCV developed with Nissan that brought the brand into the fast-growing sub-two-tonne freight segment.

Light commercial vehicle · 2011–present

Other makes