BS-VI Ready Mahindra CRUZIO – Experience A New Dimension of Luxury

Comfort for you and your Business

The newly launched Mahindra CRUZIO premium passenger bus is a perfect package of performance, comfort, style and efficiency that is designed to exceed expectations of fleet owners, drivers and your passengers on every parameter.

Experience Unmatched Ride Comfort

It’s time to bid goodbye to bumpy bus rides! With CRUZIO, bus journeys are set to get supremely comfortable and luxurious.The parabolic suspension ensures better handling and shock absorption even on bad roads to deliver unmatched ride comfort.

Ergonomically designed contoured seats provide full back support thereby reducing driver fatigue and passenger discomfort especially on long routes. The spacious interior of the Mahindra CRUZIO is fitted with thoughtfully designed seats with maximum seat width, so passengers can sit back comfortably without rubbing shoulders with fellow passengers.

Low noise and vibration levels results in a quieter cabin, providing much needed calm and a peaceful ride during daily work commutes. 

Experience Operational Comfort Along With Greater Profits

Built on the latest Intermediate Commercial Vehicles (ICV) platform, CRUZIO is a Long Platform Overhang (LPO) bus– a segment of passenger buses that is becoming more and more popular as it offers an enhanced travel and ownership experience. 

Being an LPO enables the bus to have an optimum front overhang and this extra front length is useful in protecting the nose from taking a hit on pothole-ridden rough roads. Another advantage of being an LPO is optimum space utilisation. In the CRUZIO, the door is at the front overhang portion and not on the wheelbase. This allows the full uninterrupted length of the bus to be used for accommodating seats. Therefore, the Mahindra CRUZIO has higher seating capacity and can carry more passengers per trip compared to conventional buses.

The CRUZIO is a BS-VI ready vehicle so it is fully equipped to meet the new emission norms that are expected to come into place from April 2020. This means increased roadworthiness and longer fleet life resulting in greater return on your investment.

Mahindra’s FuelSmart technology provides class-leading fuel-economy to register higher profits and more growth for your business. Higher clutch diameter helps increase the life span of the clutch, while the large wide modern front fascia of the CRUZIO is very easy to clean and repair.

All put together it translates into reduced maintenance costs and increased operational efficiency when you own the Mahindra CRUZIO. So you can sit back and enjoy the profits with total peace of mind.

Experience Uncompromising Safety Features

When it comes to safety, Mahindra CRUZIO ups the bar with significant latest technology features such as driver-controlled door and the bus not moving until the door is closed, thereby helping to reduce the chances of an accident.

Another thoughtful safety feature in the CRUZIO is the height of the first step being optimised for easy access during entry and exit.

Tubeless tyres, driver voice alert, reversing camera, tyre pressure measuring system and improved day and night visibility for the driver due to a large wide windscreen, rearview mirrors, projector headlamps and fog lamps help make every journey in the Mahindra CRUZIO uncompromising on safety and comfort.

From the safety point of view, the Mahindra CRUZIO conforms to Rollover Test norms as per AIS 031 and the BUS Body code as per AIS 052 along with the latest AIS 153 requirements in terms of noise and vibration standards.

Experience A New Level of Driving Comfort

Driver comfort in the Mahindra CRUZIO has been greatly enhanced and optimised with a spacious, airy and well-lit front compartment. The ergonomic design of the driver cockpit provides a very comfortable and convenient work area with good seating position, ease of access to all controls and best frontal, side and rearview.  

Another added driver comfort is the clutch booster so that operating the clutch requires considerably less effort, making driving a truly comfortable and pleasant experience.

When it comes to driving performance, the CRUZIO gets Mahindra’s proven CRDe engine which enables it to generate greater power of 140 hp @ 2400 rpm with a torque of 525 Nm @1250-1800 rpm for better pickup.

With the new-age Mahindra CRUZIO it is time to give your bus fleet, business and profits a premium new makeover as it definitely ‘makes every journey luxurious’. Investing in the Mahindra CRUZIO today will prove to be a wise and profitable business decision for the long-term.

The CRUZIO Bus was unveiled at the Prestigious Prawaas 2019 Expo held at CIDCO Exhibition Centre, Navi Mumbai on July 25, 2019. The bus was unveiled by Mr. Anurag Dubey, VP-Sales & Customer Care and Mr. Rajeev Malik, Vice President–Marketing, Mahindra Truck and Bus Division.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajan Wadhera, President, Automotive Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said, “The unveiling of the new CRUZIO bus range marks a defining moment for our Truck and Bus business as we have taken our ICV bus platform to the next level of customer experience. Being BS-VI ready, the CRUZIO is all set to be a game-changer and is one of the safest, most ergonomic and comfortable buses that will set new standards in the market. Going forward, we will also launch the school and stage bus variants to further increase our portfolio.”

Mr. Vinod Sahay, CEO, Mahindra Truck and Bus and Construction Equipment Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., added, “The CRUZIO demonstrates Mahindra’s ability to bring the best to Indian customers, and was developed on the basis of meticulously gathered consumer insights. Bus operators in this segment are clearly looking for a solution that can balance end-user benefits, as well as helping them optimize costs. I am confident that similar to the BLAZO X HCV & FURIO ICV range, the CRUZIO LPO Bus range will also set new benchmarks for performance, earnings and deliver better value to our customers.”

Read more about the unveil -

• http://bwautoworld.businessworld.in/article/Mahindra-unveils-CRUZIO-A-New-Bus-Range/26-07-2019-173981/
• https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/mahindra-unveils-cruzio-bus-range/article28713312.ece

Come Home Papa – A Unique Road Safety Initiative

What is your idea of a normal working day?

For most people, going to work probably means about an hour’s commute every morning to get to the comfortable and safe confines of an air-conditioned office, followed by another hour in the evening to get home.

For a trucker, going to work takes on an entirely different meaning. He is away from his home and family for days, maneuvering massive and heavy, cargo-laden trucks, driving along roads and highways across the length and breadth of the country, in all kinds of challenging and dangerous situations. With this, he not only is earning for his family and himself but also catering to our daily needs, starting with morning tea to the goodnight coil. Being a truck driver demands an altogether different level of skill and mental toughness.

To put the situation further in perspective – India has the highest number of road fatalities in the world. It accounts for more than one-third of global road accident deaths (as per global estimated figures).  

With road safety being the biggest concern, imagine the constant anxiety of the families of these truckers who do not get to see or even speak to their husbands, sons, fathers for days on end.  

This is where Mahindra Truck and Bus has been attempting to bring about a positive change in the lives of India’s truck driver community and their families through various programs and initiatives such as Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan (Visit our website here - https://www.mahindratruckandbus.com/aboutus/our-initiatives.aspx)

Come Home Papa is one such initiative that is part of Mahindra Saarthi Abhiyaan, a program that aims to continuously engage with India’s trucking community and their families, through inclusive ideas like scholarships for the daughters of truck drivers.

In 2017, the Come Home Papa initiative was announced in collaboration with literary partner #TellMeYourStory, as a short story contest for the scholarship-winning girls. The theme was ‘Road Safety’. What emerged were exceptionally inspiring and poignant stories that brought alive just what road safety means to a truck driver’s daughter. The stories also spoke of the father-daughter bond and underlined girl child empowerment. 

A collection of the shortlisted stories has been published and launched as a book titled ‘Come Home Papa’.

Here are excerpts from two stories in the book. Stories that present a heartfelt personal account of the deep-seated fears and emotions of the daughters of truck drivers;

‘My father plans his travel in advance, based on the area he will be driving through. This way he can pass through forest areas during the daytime, minimising chances of road robbery, or attacks by wild animals, or getting stuck in a lonely deserted area in case of a breakdown... unpredictable dangers lurk in the lives of truck drivers. Father often shares experiences from his life and the lives of his driver friends. They sometimes send a chill down my spine.’

- ‘Lessons of the Road’ by Maganti Lavanya

‘If my father doesn’t come back home in time, my mother’s face goes pale while waiting for him. Many times we are unable to contact him as he would be driving in remote areas with bad network. We spend sleepless nights waiting for him and when he returns we heave a sigh of relief.’

-   ‘My Papa’ by Bersha Kumari

From the Government to corporate India to the film industry, this one-of-a-kind initiative has received widespread and noteworthy appreciation. Take a look at what these well-known personalities have to say about Come Home Papa:

‘To have the daughters of truck drivers contribute stories and anecdotes, which carry the message of road safety was an excellent idea and deserves full support. In addition to road safety, it deftly weaves the issues of education of the girl child and women’s empowerment into it, as well.’

 -   Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation

‘This is a very imaginative and valuable initiative... the first-ever book of stories on road safety by daughters of truck drivers.... A wonderful testimony to the fears and hopes, the joys and sorrows, and above all, the deep connection between these girls and their fathers.’

-   Anand Mahindra, Chairman – Mahindra Group

My prayers and best wishes for more and more daughters of the truck driver’s community to make their dream a reality and leave a stamp of class and courage, by forging ahead against all odds.

-  Amitabh Bachchan, Actor

To an initiative with such an endearing title and such a beautiful cause, here’s wishing those strong daughters who are making a bright future against all odds, and here’s to their immense love for their fathers! Kudos to the father-daughter spirit!  And here’s to wishing the lovely daughters all the very best for their endeavors. And to their papas – just to say.. come home safely to your daughters.

-   Divya Dutta, Actor

The vision and impact of Come Home Papa is so much more than just a collection of stories. Come Home Papa is spreading a strong message about road safety, not only to the truck drivers but also to other drivers out there, through the voice of the daughters of the truck driver community. Drive safe and come home safe to your families.