Integral bus and coach manufacturer Cerita Motors has bagged a major order for 200 city buses from BEST Mumbai. This is the largest single order for Cerita till date, which it has managed to win against stiff competition. The 200 vehicles to be supplied will be semi low-floor 12- metre fully air-conditioned CNG buses fitted with 230 hp Cummins engines and automatic transmissions from Allison.
Cerita received its first trial order for 20 buses from BEST in 2007. After the successful trial run of these buses, BEST gave an additional order for 50 more buses in the same year. The latest order for 200 buses was placed after the undertaking got fully convinced of the company vehicle performance.
Mr. Rishi Aggarwal, Director, Cerita Motors, said : “ The order for 200 buses shows the confidence of BEST in our buses. We have created a separate service team across Mumbai to cater to the service requirement of BEST. The safety systems, in particular, on these buses are much superior to that of competitors”.
With the success of its buses in Mumbai, Cerita is now having discussions with many other transport corporations for supplying its city as well as inter-city buses. The company is expecting some good orders in the next couple of months, for executing which it has expanded its capacity.
Globally, integral bus manufacturers and bus body builders dominate the bus industry, including mature markets like Europe. In India it is still dominated by chassis manufacturers like Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Volvo.
Cerita received its first trial order for 20 buses from BEST in 2007. After the successful trial run of these buses, BEST gave an additional order for 50 more buses in the same year. The latest order for 200 buses was placed after the undertaking got fully convinced of the company vehicle performance.
Mr. Rishi Aggarwal, Director, Cerita Motors, said : “ The order for 200 buses shows the confidence of BEST in our buses. We have created a separate service team across Mumbai to cater to the service requirement of BEST. The safety systems, in particular, on these buses are much superior to that of competitors”.
With the success of its buses in Mumbai, Cerita is now having discussions with many other transport corporations for supplying its city as well as inter-city buses. The company is expecting some good orders in the next couple of months, for executing which it has expanded its capacity.
Globally, integral bus manufacturers and bus body builders dominate the bus industry, including mature markets like Europe. In India it is still dominated by chassis manufacturers like Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Volvo.
Cerita Motors is possibly the only company which has managed to brave the odds and take on competition. Now that it has well-established fleets operating in several parts of the country, Cerita is sure to replicate its BEST success with many other corporations.
