A high calibre testing and mounting practice has been carried out in the wiring harness section of the bus with the guidance of technicians from Marcopolo in Brazil, he revealed. When asked about the extra care taken to prevent fire-related accidents, he said the company is paying utmost attention towards this aspect. In addition, the vehicle has two 5.00kg fire extinguishers.
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On the safety front, the Magna’s emergency door is located on the right-hand-side rear two windows on each side are emergency windows (which can be broken with a hammer) while there are two manual roof hatches too. The 44-seater bus has a luxury pushback seat layout in 2x2 seating format.Ī unique feature is two mobile charging points in each row. The passenger door ahead of the front axle is an inswing door and comes with a sliding window. With a GI tubular structure, the vehicle comes with fire retardant marine plywood and 12mm anti-skid vinyl flooring. The Magna will be 12,000mm long, 3,800mm tall and 2,600mm wide. The bus is expected to be manufactured under the Tata Marcopolo badge. Its pricing will be fixed at very competitive levels compared to its competitors in the industry. Tata Marcopolo’s forthcoming luxury bus with its front engine, twin-axle option, can be used for 350km-700km runs and will be also be suitable for inter-city operations, company officials said.
To start with, the company will roll out two-axle buses in the Magna series, Tata Marcopolo officials told Autocar Professional.Ĭurrently foreign CV makers offer multi-axle rear engine buses in the luxury coach segment for long-distance travel but the cost is too high, which may not suit the budget of most Indian luxury coach operators. The Magna is the result of the growing demand in the intercity coach segment in the past five years. Thus far, Tata customers have been purchasing chassis from the company and getting the body built from private vehicle body builders as per their requirements. The prototype (concept vehicle) of the bus has been showcased at the Tata Marcopolo’s manufacturing facility in Dharwad in Karnataka.
Tata Marcopolo, a 51:49 JV between Tata Motors and Brazil-based CV giant Marcopolo, is all set to launch a super deluxe fully-built bus, which is aimed at taking on the buses from Swedish commercial vehicle majors Volvo and Scania in the Indian luxury bus market.Ĭhristened Magna, the front engine, twin-axle luxury AC coach will have several options at ‘an affordable price’ for the Indian luxury coach operators who always look for cost-effective solutions to strengthen their bottomline.
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