Mahindra & Mahindra and Navistar International(of the United States) have joined forces to from the Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd, formerly called Mahindra International. This will be an India based company, which will manufacture the entire spectrum of commercial vehicles ranging from 3.5 to 49 tons GVW/GCW. The manufacturing facility is set up at Chakan near Pune. The products of MNAL are currently sold under the trademark of Cabking, Loadking and Tourister. The cost of the joint development came to Rs 650 crore. Of the Rs 4,000 crore that had been invested in Navistar’s plant at Chakan, Rs 2,500 crore was part of the venture. Though none of it’s models have gone on sale yet, the Mahindra Navistar Automotives Ltd have unveiled their 25, 31, 40 and 49-tonne truck models. The trucks unveiled were MN25 Tipper, MN25, MN31, MN40 & MN49. It is believed that the trucks would go on sale starting April 2010. The company also plans to manufacture buses as well in the future. Here are the specifications of the MN25 model truck :

Specifications:

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