Ashok Leyland Partner 6 Tyre

Overview

India's commercial vehicle market is highly dynamic and competitive with several new segments and brands emerging. Indian trucks in M&HCVs, ICVs, LCVs and SCVs categories serve customers across all the key applications. One key segment is the light trucks- where the demand has been growing as more and more customers are looking for efficient and productive trucks for their regional and local transportation needs. Transport entrepreneurs, Individual truck owners, fleet operators and are not only looking at fuel-efficient and powerful and best trucks. 

The Partner LCV platform of trucks is Ashok Leyland's second product line in the Industry's fast-growing light-duty cargo truck segment. The company was absent from this segment until the Dost light truck was introduced in 2011. After the Dost LCV was well received by the customers and became a huge hit among transport customers, fleet operators and entrepreneurs, the modern and stylish Partner range of light trucks arrived that caters for the upper end of the light cargo carrier segment- in the 4-7T GVW. Partner light truck is the second product from Ashok Leyland in the LCVs which is available in two variants 4 and 6 tyres suitable for intra-city cargo transportation, market loads, or deliveries in urban and rural areas.

The Partner Truck is a reliable cargo delivery truck in the LCV segment that comes with a promise of overall superior performance. Ashok Leyland has designed and built the Partner platform to offer a compelling vehicle that successfully delivers on today's challenging transport needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and fleet operators.

The Partner 6-tyre comes with a modern cabin, enhanced built quality, fuel-efficient engine, best-in-class service intervals, and warranty of 3 years or 3 lakh km, whichever is earlier. Both the 4-tyre and 6-tyre trucks share a lot of common design, power, and architecture. We will help you with more details on this best truck in the segment.

Exterior

While developing the second prominent LCV and the performance, the aesthetic look and feel of the vehicle have also been given a lot of thoughts. As a result, Partner gets a modern look with a global Euro standard cabin and suitably designed cargo body. Partner is among the most contemporary-looking LCV trucks in the Industry, with superior design cues and overall excellent fit and finish. The cabin is driver-friendly with a four-point suspension for the comfortable driving experience. The cabin comes with a tiltable mechanism for easier service needs. 

The 6-tyre Partner variant comes with 11ft and 14ft cargo body options in the fixed side deck body. The body dimensions are the length of 3415 mm and 4230 mm, width in the high side deck is 2060 mm. The height in the fixed side deck is 460 mm, and the high side deck is 1840 mm. As the name suggests, Partner 4-tyre comes with 8.25X16, 16PR in size, and the fuel tank is 90L. 

Interior

Partner 6-tyre variant cabin gets tiltable power steering for comfortable driving. It also fitted with modern digital clusters with all the truck control and indicators on it. The seats are comfortable; the cabin has a lot of space with clear and wide visibility outside for easy driving. The overall design of the is safer and developed to provide better in-cabin experience with premium ergonomics interior. Partner comes with factory fitted air-conditioning (an option), making it a highly comfortable cabin. 

To make the Partner driver-friendly and offer more convenience, there are reclining and sliding driver seats, mobile charger, a lockable glove box, bottler holder, lockable battery box, and windshield defogger. The interior comes with a dual-tone dashboard, dual-tone seat material moulded roof, and door trim. Few other technologies include the cable type gear shift, low vacuum in brake booster indicator, speed limiting on ECU, and provision for power-take-off.

Performance

Apart from the modern design and superior built quality, Partner also scores high in the performance areas. Ashok Leyland has a modern powertrain and durable aggregates to make it the most productive truck in the segment. Partner 6-tyre gets the globally recognized Japanese technology; the engine is powerful fuel-efficient, promising better return on investment. The ZD30 diesel engine with double overhead camshaft, common rail, direct injection, turbo intercooled, produces 140hp of power at 360 Nm of torque, tuned to a fully syncronised 5-speed gearbox in manual-kinetic type. 

These key aggregates further enhance the performance of this LCV, including parabolic, overslung front suspension with double acting shock absorbers with 3- leaves and the rear semi-elliptic overslung suspension with double acting shock absorbers 6-leavers with 2 helpers, heavy-duty axles. The clutch is a diaphragm push type, single dry plate, and hydraulic actuated. The power steering is standard, the service brake is vacuum assisted, and the parking brake is transmission mounted with cable operated. Overall Partner is a well-balanced truck with all the modern newly developed characteristics, making it one of the top products in the category.

The load platform height of 6-tyre Partner 1042 mm and 1035 mm, the turning circle radius is 5.7 and 76.75 mm, minimum ground clearance is 221 mm and gradeability 25%. This truck is available in two wheelbases 2820 mm 3320 mm, and its overall length is 5170 mm and 5990 mm. The height fixed side deck 2240 and high side deck is 2832.  The Partner Range of modern LCV trucks are known for their superior mileage, higher payload and greater total cost of ownership to help you earn higher profit. 

Safety

Safety is another area where Partner makes an impression with durable aggregates, the design angles, and high strength material used in vehicle construction. Partner gets safety features such as emergency locking retractor seat belt for driver and co-passenger, also provision for fog lamp, vacuum assisted brakes with LCRV. Besides this, Partner gets several inbuilt safety elements like durable aggregates, strong modern Euro cabin with a narrow width, safe and ergonomic interior and body, etc. 

Verdict

The same reliability and productivity promise of its sibling, the Partner 6 tyre offers a substantially higher payload of 4885kg on 11ft body and 4775 kg on 14ft body with a fixed side deck option. Partner also offers better performance and efficiency with a modern cab, spacious car-like interiors, and suitable for various light-mile cargo applications, including parcel goods, consumer durable, perishables and FMCG products, etc. A contemporary truck is capable of taking on rapidly changing transport and logistics needs. It is a reliable partner in profit with Ashok Leyland's trust and support to help the customer earn higher revenues and profit to bring prosperity in the lives of truck owners. 

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