page_title: BharatBenz
section_title: Truck
hierarchical_section_title: BharatBenz / Truck
caption_attribution_description: English: BHARATBENZ Heavy Duty Truck 3128 C Tipper. Built 2012 in India, photo taken at exhibition IAA 2012 in Hanover, Germany. Français&#160;: BHARATBENZ Heavy Duty Truck 3128 C. Fabriqué depuis 2012. Photo prise à l’exposition IAA 2012 Hanovre, Allemagne. Deutsch: BHARATBENZ Heavy Duty Truck 3128 C Muldenkipper. Baujahr 2012. Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung IAA 2012, Hannover.
context_page_description: BharatBenz is a brand of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of the German manufacturer Daimler AG. The brand is known for its trucks and buses. The headquarters of BharatBenz is at Oragadam, Chennai, India.
  The "Bharat" part is symbolic for India.
context_section_description: The BharatBenz heavy-duty trucks are built on the Mercedes-Benz Axor platform, and the medium-duty trucks on the Fuso Canter and Fuso Fighter series. The entire product line meets BSIII standards (comparable to Euro III). All BharatBenz (17 models) trucks are slated to be up to 9% more expensive but be 10% more fuel efficient than the competition.
  The FUSO medium and heavy duty trucks produced in Chennai are also being exported to markets of Africa and Asia, under Daimler's Asia Business Model.
  BharatBenz crossed 30,000 units sale mark in January 2016.
  From November 2015, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles started delivery of its first set of made-in-india buses. The front engine buses are branded as BharatBenz and are based on the Mitsubishi Fuso Canter platform. These are available in school, staff and tourist variants. The rear engine buses are branded as Mercedes-Benz and are based on the Mercedes-Benz O-500 series. Daimler India Commercial Vehicles have tied-up with Ireland-based organisation WrightBus for bus body building. WrightBus is known for their unique patented aluminique alloy structure, which is lighter and stronger than conventional steel, increasing fuel efficiency and making the buses safer.
  Daimler is also exporting these buses under the brand of Mercedes-Benz to African and South-Asian markets.
caption: BharatBenz HDT 3128 C (heavy-duty truck)
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