Ashok Leyland, claimed to be the undisputed market leader in staff transport solutions category in Saudi Arabia, is launching the 2015 models in the holy month of Ramadan.

In a very short span, Ashok Leyland has established itself as the primary choice for commercial transport not only at the construction sites but also in school and staff transport segments.

Viswa Kumar, GM-sales of Western Auto, the exclusive distributor of Ashok Leyland buses in the Kingdom, said: “Buoyed by the excellent sales in the first half of the year, Ashok Leyland expects a phenomenal growth this year. For enhancing customer service levels, Western Auto will be opening soon the biggest state-of-the-art workshop in Riyadh and is expanding its service network with ultra-modern workshop in Jubail.”

Falcon series of air conditioned and non-air conditioned buses with options of 56/66/83 seats is the flagship product and has proven to be exceptionally reliable and well appreciated by the customers. The range consists of Eagle series of air conditioned and non-air conditioned buses with options of 28/30/32 seats, semi luxury 44-seater AC bus, AVIA D75 (4.5 ton), AVIA D120 (8 ton), 4X4 bus and 1518 (10 ton) trucks, 1518 garbage tipper (completely factory fabricated). The upcoming products include Falcon 56-seater AC school bus, Partner (6 ton GVW) and Boss (9 to 12 ton GVW) range of vehicles.

“Ashok Leyland buses are well accepted by leading companies in Saudi Arabia, including Riyadh Metro, Saudi Binladen and all major Saudi Aramco contractors. Ashok Leyland buses are well accepted in Kingdom for its quality, low maintenance and operational costs and excellent after sales network,” Kumar said.