Nov 29, 2018: The Tata Ultra 1518 is long goods carriage truck that has a length of 9,400 mm while the wheelbase lies at 5,300 mm. The total vehicle weight is around 15,710 kilograms, out of which, the overall kerb weight is just 5,030 kilograms. It has a very high ground clearance of 273 mm.

The truck gets its stopping power from air brakes that have the parking units as well. The suspension is handled by Parabolic leaf springs for the front while the rear axle has the regular Semi-elliptic leaf springs.

Supplying power to the wheels, there is a 5.0-litre BS-IV compliant engine. This motor can churn out 174.4 bhp of power at 2,400 rpm and a peak torque of 590 Nm, coming at just 1,000 rpm. The transmission is handled by a 6-speed manual unit.