On Monday, Mercedes-Benz India commenced the construction of their new capability for the body- construction of its city buses. The establishment seed of the flair, dwelling within their Chakan plant, was placed by the managing director, Wilfred Aulbur, and chief executive officer, Mercedes Benz India.

According to Aulbur they might like to enlarge into the city bus section, crafting comfort travel inexpensive for public transport commuters of the urban populace.

Bearing in mind that the market for high- end city buses is positioned at 500 units per annum and is anticipated to breed at 20 per cent per year, the plant shall entail a faculty of manufacturing 700 buses every year by 2011.

Remarking on the ordeal run of the city bus archetype in Pune by the group that ferry between Nigdi and Shivaji Nagar, Aulbur added that they have done a comprehensive research of the customer response and they are at present organizing product workshop’s and minor change the buses to the detailed requirements of Indian city bus operators. The group has combined with MCV for the body- constructing unit.

Mercedez- Benz had rolled out their two pivot vehicle in the previous quarter of 2008 and the multi axle bus during the Auto Expo of 2010. During the year 2008, they sold 15 two- axle buses