Volvo Trucks has set a new benchmark in the premium heavy-duty commercial vehicle segment with the delivery of the 10,000thtruck.
Volvo Trucks, the country?s largest truck manufacturer in premium European segment achieved the landmark of crossing ten thousand truck sales. The company?s recently launched technologically advanced Volvo FMX 440 8x4 I-Shift which is leader in its class, was handed over as the 10,000thvehicle to M/s Mahalaxmi Infracontracts, who have over 350 Volvo trucks and a long standing relationship of over a decade with Volvo Trucks.

Pierre Jean Verge Salamon, President, Volvo Group Truck Sales, India said, ?Reaching the 10,000 mark is a testimony to the fact that the new high tech capabilities and the wide range of benefits of our offerings are suiting the Volvo customer.? He added, ?Over the last 17 years Volvo Trucks has been driving progress in the Indian commercial vehicle industry. From the first high performance European tractor trailer to the recent launched technologically advanced truck range, we have personified performance, productivity and profitability for our customers. We understand what our customers need and will come to need. That is why we constantly innovate.? AS Rama Rao, Senior Vice President, Sales Marketing and Aftermarket, Volvo Trucks, VECV said, ?Our commitment to continuous improvement drives us forward and inspires us to be focused on driving progress the industry. You can see our innovative approach at work in all our processes, but we don?t innovate just to impress ourselves or others. We do it to meet a real life need. Our long tradition of developing market-leading technology and solutions with products operational for over 45,000 engine hours in tough and challenging Indian mines is proof of this. Today Volvo Trucks facilitate around 1/3rd of coal production in India by moving overburden in the mines and in the process has been driving progress for the country. The support from the industry has been encouraging and has helped us deliver what it takes. Yet, for Volvo Trucks and our customers, our most recent innovation is just the beginning.?

The ongoing coal block auctions and lifting of the ban on iron ore mining in several states have created the demand for heavy-duty tipper trucks and ambition of Volvo Trucks is tocapitalise on these development and continue maintaining its leadership position in the European truck segment and further improve on it.

Volvo Trucks is currently present in India with more than 150 touch points across the country including state-of-the art workshops and various service support centres as we believe premium trucks need premium care. Since its rollout of the first truck way back in 1998, Volvo Trucks has been committed to driving progress in the industry. Even when the commercial vehicle industry in India was working with age old technology and drivers were not at forefront of product and service development, Volvo being true to its Scandinavian heritage, was the first to introduce fully air-conditioned and crash tested cabin in trucks and pioneered the driver training concept by establishing the Driver training center even before first truck was rolled out.