Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: Mahindra Truck and Bus Division (MTBD) today unveiled Mahindra CRUZIO BS6 School Bus.
The vehicle was unveiled by MTB ABM, Kamlendar Verma; MTB ASM, Kamal Dogra and Dharender Sharma, Managing Director, Astro India Automobile Unit-II Pvt. Ltd.
Present on the occasion were Apurv Gupta, Shri Shri Education Trust; Gambhir Singh Charak, SG Dogra Education Trust; Harpreet Singh Anand, Jammu Sanskriti School; Rohit Gupta, RMG & Kids Planet School and Tarun Behl, British International School.
Keys of around 35 school buses were handed over to many prominent schools at the event including British International School, Dogra Higher Sec. School, JK Public School, RMG School and Shri Ram School.
Speaking on the occasion, Dharender Sharma said, “The unveiling of the new CRUZIO range of School bus today, is a defining moment for our Truck and Bus business as we have taken our LCV bus platform to a next level of customer experience. CRUZIO is all set to be a game changer, making it one of the safest, most ergonomic and comfortable bus that will set new standards. I am confident that similar to the BLAZO X HCV & FURIO ICV range, the CRUZIO School Bus range will also set new benchmarks of performance, earnings and deliver better value to the customers.”
“Mahindra CRUZIO bears the testimony to Mahindra’s capability of bringing the best to the Indian customers, since it is based on meticulously gathered consumer insights. If you look at the bus operators in this segment, they are craving for a solution that can balance the end-user benefits and help them optimize costs as well,” he maintained adding: “Comfort, Looks, Ergonomics, Operational Efficiencies through connected solution iMAXX and Safety are the key aspects which impacts the reputation of the new age schools & organizations.”
Talking about the key features of CRUZIO, Dharender highlighted that from safety aspect, CRUZIO meets the Rollover Test norms as per AIS 031 and BUS Body code as per AIS 052. It is also compliant to the latest regulatory requirements of AIS 153, which has stringent noise and vibration standards.