Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3

Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 Truck Features

Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 Price List Variants

The Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is offered in 3 variants - the base model of Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is ₹8,15,000 and the top variant is ₹8,72,000 which come with 80 HP, 190 Nm, 3 cylinders, 40 L and 2990 Kg.

Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 Detailed Overview

Engine and Performance

Powering the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is a 1.5-litre three-cylinder diesel engine, which claims to be one of the most powerful engines in its class. Available with a 5-speed manual gearbox as standard, the lever for which is mounted on the dashboard, the engine is capable of producing 80 PS of maximum power and 190 Nm of torque. This is the only engine option with which the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is available in the country.

Summary

With 80 PS of power and 190 Nm of torque, the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is one of the most powerful small commercial trucks you can buy in India.

Suspension and Brakes

The Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 employs a unique combination of leaf springs at both the front and rear for the suspension setup. The Bada Dost i3 gets parabolic leaf springs with three leaves at the front, while the rear gets semi-elliptical leaf springs with a three plus three leaf setup. The 15-inch steel wheels of the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 are wrapped with 215/75 R15 tubeless tyres, which have tremendous levels of grip. The truck gets conventional ventilated discs at the front and drum brakes at the rear.

Summary

The parabolic leaf springs at the front and semi-elliptical leaf springs at the rear serve excellent ruggedness to the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3.

Payload

The Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 measures 4,935mm in length, 1,842mm in width and 2,037mm in height, with it having a wheelbase of 2,590mm. Talking about its load body, it has a length of 2,860mm, a width of 1,750mm and a height of 441mm, with it having a loading platform height of 920mm. While the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 has a gross weight of 2,990 kg, the load body has a payload capacity of 1,400 kg.

Summary

The payload capacity of around 1,400 kg makes the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 an extremely capable load-carrying vehicle for its compact size.

Exterior

The Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is an evolution of the already Dost Lite, which has been in the market for quite some time. To make it look distinctive, Ashok Leyland has equipped the Bada Dost i3 with a pair of trapezoidal headlamps, which have an angular inner edge giving the front look of the truck a sharp appearance. The lower bumper has a wide air dam with hexagonal mesh and trapezoidal housings for the fog lamp provisions. 

Summary

The angular headlamps add a sense of sharpness to the front look of the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3.

Interior

While the cabin of the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 has a basic-looking all-grey theme to it, it feels practical and spacious with the almost flat floor at the front. It is possible due to the positioning of the gear lever on the dashboard, which allows a 1+2 seating layout in the cabin. The wide centre console and rounded AC vents on the dashboard corners have black surrounds to them

Summary

While the cabin of the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 has an all-grey theme, the centre console and AC vents get contrast black surrounds.

Features

While the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is a proper commercial vehicle in all sense, there are some features in its cabin which attract attention towards it. These features include a fully-digital instrument console behind the large three-spoke steering wheel, a cubby hole beside the dashboard-mounted gear lever, a 1-DIN music system and manual AC. 

Summary

The dashboard-mounted gear lever in the Ashok Leyland Bada Dost i3 is a nice touch, which makes the cabin feel spacious.

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