Sutlej to make buses for Benz

tsk1979 · 18th August 2006, 15:33

http://www.financialexpress.com/late...tent_id=137556

Jallandhar based Sutlej motors will build luxury buses for Diamler.
Those from north India will recall that before Volvo came, Sutlej built the most modern and good looking bus bodies using high quality materials. I have seen a couple of buses in South too. This speaks volumes about growing importance of Indian accessory/Parts builders and vendors.

mtnrajdeep · 18th August 2006, 16:32

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

Jallandhar based Sutlej motors will build luxury buses for Diamler.

Yeah, it seems this feasibility study was done a few months back and sutlej, if chosen, would be building the bus bodies in a manner similar to Azad building the volvo bus bodies.

gbpscars · 18th August 2006, 16:37

Any idea if Sutlej was chosen for the technology and safety standing (whatever it presently has)

or

the need for cheap labour and the trend of manufacuring industry shifting eastwards

caused this?

mohit · 18th August 2006, 18:57

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Originally Posted by gbpscars

Any idea if Sutlej was chosen for the technology and safety standing (whatever it presently has)

or

the need for cheap labour and the trend of manufacuring industry shifting eastwards

caused this?

AFAIK Sutlej is one of the best coach builders in India... I remember seeing one of their custom buses.... man it rivaled any Volvo from inside, and this was about 10 years back!

Mpower · 18th August 2006, 20:08

Thats fantastic news.
But where are the chassis going to come from? Germany?

Currently Volvo puts their chassis together at their Bangalore plant and sends them to JAICO for body building.

They have to compete directly with Volvo on price.

14000rpm · 23rd June 2009, 07:00

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Thats fantastic news.
But where are the chassis going to come from? Germany?

Currently Volvo puts their chassis together at their Bangalore plant and sends them to JAICO for body building.

They have to compete directly with Volvo on price.

AFAIK,Volvo sends the chassis to azad for body building.In the meanwhile, Karnataka state transport receives 1st Sutlej built Mercedes bus at a cost of 65L. the Volvos retail at 75 L. The war has begun!!

and its the consumer that gets the benefit.

pb10gagan · 23rd June 2009, 08:29

thats great news. There's a hell lot of body builders out there in north and every other part of india.
As a kid, i used to see buses built from these body builders that had Volvo and Mercedez written over them.
It seems times have come full circle in about 15 years.
Its akin to thinking that and indian company who used to make pirated windows will now write Windows software for Microsoft.
Kudos to our very own home-grown engineering talent to have matched the very best and made them realize our cost advantage.

kannan666 · 23rd June 2009, 12:38

Just read in the papers today that our good old KSRTC has already purchased and is going to ply these Mercedes buses on the Bangalore - Mysore route. The pics of the bus had the Sutlej logo in the front with a Mercedes slogan written on the sides

esteem_lover · 23rd June 2009, 13:05

They are doing feasibility study. Hope they start very soon, we desperately need competition in this line. Where is Nissan ?

theMAG · 23rd June 2009, 14:29

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Originally Posted by kannan666

..The pics of the bus had the Sutlej logo in the front with a Mercedes slogan written on the sides

I hope that interchanges on the production buses. Else people might think its the usual desi "Mercedes/Rolls Royce/DVD Night Queen etc buses.

kannan666 · 23rd June 2009, 14:42

Here is the article, will try and post a scanned pic of the bus soon

All abord the swanky mercs!, News - City - Bangalore Mirror,Bangalore Mirror=

madhukar_n · 23rd June 2009, 16:07

I read in paper that it is priced around 65 lakhs.

bhp1 · 23rd June 2009, 19:32

Sutlej are excellent coach builders, now diversifying into other areas too.
They are into this business since long & their erstwhile owners were very well known to us.

salilpawar1 · 23rd June 2009, 19:57

Guys,

Mercedes-Benz buses are already cruising on Maharashtra's highways at mind-boggling speeds. Apart from the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star on the front, it doesn't look much different from the other modern buses plying on the highways. I am yet to travel in one but fellow team-bhpian dhrishikesh took a 200+ km ride and was quite impressed.

'Commercial Vehicle Thread' is often updated with such news.

Mpower · 23rd June 2009, 21:47

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Originally Posted by 14000rpm

In the meanwhile, Karnataka state transport receives 1st Sutlej built Mercedes bus at a cost of 65L. the Volvos retail at 75 L.

When it was launched the Merc was supposed to be the more expensive one.

18th August 2006, 15:33	#1
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Sutlej to make buses for Benz http://www.financialexpress.com/late...tent_id=137556 Jallandhar based Sutlej motors will build luxury buses for Diamler. Those from north India will recall that before Volvo came, Sutlej built the most modern and good looking bus bodies using high quality materials. I have seen a couple of buses in South too. This speaks volumes about growing importance of Indian accessory/Parts builders and vendors.
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gbpscars BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 402 Thanked: 5 Times	Any idea if Sutlej was chosen for the technology and safety standing (whatever it presently has) or the need for cheap labour and the trend of manufacuring industry shifting eastwards caused this?
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Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	Thats fantastic news. But where are the chassis going to come from? Germany? Currently Volvo puts their chassis together at their Bangalore plant and sends them to JAICO for body building. They have to compete directly with Volvo on price.
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pb10gagan BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Construction Capital Posts: 370 Thanked: 13 Times	thats great news. There's a hell lot of body builders out there in north and every other part of india. As a kid, i used to see buses built from these body builders that had Volvo and Mercedez written over them. It seems times have come full circle in about 15 years. Its akin to thinking that and indian company who used to make pirated windows will now write Windows software for Microsoft. Kudos to our very own home-grown engineering talent to have matched the very best and made them realize our cost advantage.
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kannan666 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KA-02 Posts: 1,002 Thanked: 128 Times View My Garage	Just read in the papers today that our good old KSRTC has already purchased and is going to ply these Mercedes buses on the Bangalore - Mysore route. The pics of the bus had the Sutlej logo in the front with a Mercedes slogan written on the sides
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esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	They are doing feasibility study. Hope they start very soon, we desperately need competition in this line. Where is Nissan ?
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kannan666 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KA-02 Posts: 1,002 Thanked: 128 Times View My Garage	Here is the article, will try and post a scanned pic of the bus soon All abord the swanky mercs!, News - City - Bangalore Mirror,Bangalore Mirror=
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madhukar_n BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 395 Thanked: 179 Times	I read in paper that it is priced around 65 lakhs.
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bhp1 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NA Posts: 513 Thanked: 4 Times	Sutlej are excellent coach builders, now diversifying into other areas too. They are into this business since long & their erstwhile owners were very well known to us.
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23rd June 2009, 19:57	#14
salilpawar1 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (MH-01) Posts: 852 Thanked: 247 Times View My Garage	Guys, Mercedes-Benz buses are already cruising on Maharashtra's highways at mind-boggling speeds. Apart from the Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star on the front, it doesn't look much different from the other modern buses plying on the highways. I am yet to travel in one but fellow team-bhpian dhrishikesh took a 200+ km ride and was quite impressed. 'Commercial Vehicle Thread' is often updated with such news.
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