Ashok Leyland 1920

1920 Highlights

13-July-20: The 1920 4x2 haulage truck is based on Ashok Leyland's modular AVATR platform with the new cabin and BS6 powertrain. This 18.5T gross vehicle weight rigid truck comes in several cabin options and now gets the more powerful 200HP, A series 6-cylinder BS6 engine which produces 700 Nm of torque.

This truck was earlier categorized into the 16T GVW category with 180hp engine; this has changed after the new axle-load norms, which expanded the tonnage by 25% in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle trucks. Thus, it is now 19T GVW and a higher power engine of 200hp. Like the rest of modular platform trucks, 1920 comes with power-packed features and durable aggregates. Among the competitive segment in the industry, these truck finds applications in a variety of the inter-city and intra-city routes for market loads, parcel and courier, e-commerce white goods and automobile transportation, etc.

The 1920 haulage truck is now being offered in cargo body sizes of 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, and 32 ft to caters to the wider customers and applications. The wheelbases are different as per each cargo body starting from 4750 mm to all the way 6600 mm, the overall width of the truck remains at 2570 mm across body sizes. Ashok Leyland is retailing this truck in cowl & chassis, cabin & chassis, and full side deck and high side deck variants. The modular platform is most viable in the heavy-duty applications with relatively lower volumes and high segmentation of applications.

Ashok Leyland 1920 Truck- Expert Review

Overview

Ashok Leyland 1920 is a medium-duty truck based on the brand new modular truck platform equipped with the innovative I-Gen6 technology. This new truck range from Ashok Leyland comes with modern, intelligent and indigenously developed technologies developed for severe Indian roads, cargo and operating conditions, which are often demanding and challenging too. 

The 4x2 configuration 1920 haulage truck is packaged to suits the variety of transport and logistics need of today’s evolving businesses. The 1920 family has a series of trucks in different cabin, body and aggregates combinations, with the freedom to choose an ideal truck for any customer. This truck frequently deployed on mid to long cargo trips with all kinds of goods-bulk, volume, or perishable. 

This 18.5 T GVW trucks fitted with contemporary aggregates, higher power & more efficient engine and adequate power for challenging duty cycles, 1920 has a lot to offer in almost every possible area of a truck of this size. Ashok Leyland has worked on all the vital areas, including trailer-made solutions, freedom to choose configurations and higher performance to help the customers earn more for his business, taking into account precise needs.     

Exterior

Ashok Leyland is offering this truck in 8 different cargo body options with the loading spans starting from 18ft to all the way 32ft, an option of every 2 ft to choose. The wheelbases are also aligned to the load bodies starting from 4750mm to 6600mm while the overall width is 2570mm. 1920 gets multiple cabin options such as economy-cowl, economy, value and premium cabins, the AC options is available to value and premium cabins, here to a customer has lot to select as per the needs and the price target.  

To take on the strong and every demanding transport need of the customer, the chassis of this truck comes in high strength steel with new enhanced design with bolted construction in 275x75x 6 or 7, 8 mm dimensions. Similarly, the axles are highly durable, the front axles is fully floating single speed rear axle and the front one is reverse elliot type. Equally important are the tyres which are 295/90R20 – 16 PR 

Interior

Considering the usage of this haulage truck on a substantially longer trip comfortable cabin is necessary to ensure higher driver productivity. Along with the various cabins options, a customer gets to select a fully-air conditioning cabin and also non-AC but with ergonomic design. A modern fully digital instrument comes with several driver information system features for effective control of the truck during trips,  instant fuel economy indicators, a gear shift advisor system, trip distance and fuel economy visibility.  For easier parking, even in congested places, a reverse parking alert system is being provided.

The steering is comfortable with a longer steering pump, and easy gearshift for fatigue-free driving.  The comfort and smooth driving is at the heart of the overall performance of the truck. This makes sure the truck stays longer on the road helping deliver more profit to the truck owner in every single trip. 

Performance

Unlike the earlier generation trucks with 180HP standard power engines, the all-new 1920 haulage truck gets a powerful H series, 6-cylinder common rail engine with I-Gen technology most suitable for Indian operating conditions. The engine is 200HP offering a sizable 700 Nm of torque at 1200-2000 rpm to take on all tough terrain with full loads of cargo. The higher power means customers can carry a higher payload with greater pickup and speed enabling faster delivery of shipments.

Fitted with a strong 6-speed synchromesh gearbox with three different options to choose, and equally suitable 380 mm dia single dry plate, organic clutch combines with air-assisted hydraulic booster. 

Safety

Truck drivers and the owners are both highly informed about the safety of the truck, driver and cargo it carries. Hence, over the last few years, like the passenger car segment, the awareness of safety among truck buyers has also increased considerably. The truck maker reckons this fact by incorporating new safety features in the new trucks. 

Ashok Leyland also provided its new truck range with all the safety tools such as seatbelts, steering comfort, double headlight mounted bumper, wider and longer visibility to the driver, LED taillamp for better visibility, for any eventually of a front impact in case of an accident, the cabin body is made of metal for safety.