Tata LPT 3518

Tata LPT 3518 Truck Features

Tata LPT 3518 Price List Variants

The Tata LPT 3518 is offered in 3 variants - the base model of Tata LPT 3518 is ₹37,65,980 and the top variant is ₹37,76,750 which come with Diesel, 187 HP, 850 Nm, 5600 cc, 365 Litres L and 35000 Kg.

Tata LPT 3518 Detailed Overview

• Exterior

  There is not much to describe the exterior design of the Tata LPT 3518, since it is available as a cowl-only heavy-duty truck. The LPT 3518 gets a semi-cowl at the front sans a windscreen. This halved front profile of the Tata LPT 3518 is almost flat and has a vertical layout. The truck gets a squared theme for the front grille in the centre of the body cowl. There are a few extensions of the grille in the form of vents on either side of the grille. The cowl also has turn indicators on its upper corners. The blacked metal bumper of the Tata LPT 3518 gets rectangular headlamps on its corners. 

  Summary

  The front profile of the Tata LPT 3518 doesn't get a windscreen or body above it as a factory fitment, with the cowl having a squared grille in the middle and headlamps on the corners of the front bumper.

• Interior

  The Tata LPT 3518 has a very unique dashboard having a distinctive design for the centre console. The open dashboard of the Tata LPT 3518 is finished in a brownish grey theme for the entire dashboard. The rectangular housing behind the two-spoke steering wheel has a comprehensive instrument console. Talking about the curved centre console, the part facing the driver has switches for AC and other systems, while the part facing the co-driver side has two rounded air vents on it.

  Summary

  The Tata LPT 3518 has a unique curved design for the centre console of the dashboard, which gets a brownish grey theme.

• Features

  While the Tata LPT 3518 doesn’t get a body as a factory fitment, it can be fabricated as an aftermarket thing. The bare-bones truck gets air vents, power steering and a few usable storage spaces in the open cabin.

  Summary

  The cabin of the Tata LPT 3518 has a bare-bones appeal with a few open storage spaces and power steering on offer.

• Engine and Performance

  The full-size Tata LPT 3518 gets its power from a 5.6-litre six-cylinder Cummins ISBe diesel engine, which is one of the oldest engines used by Tata Motors for its heavy-duty commercial vehicles. In the LPT 3518, this engine is paired to a G950 6-speed manual gearbox and churns out 186 bhp of maximum power output and a maximum torque output of 850 Nm.

  Summary

  The engine powering the Tata LPT 3518 is a 5.6-litre six-cylinder Cummins ISBe diesel engine, which is paired to a 6-speed manual gearbox and produces 186 bhp of maximum power and 850 Nm of maximum torque.

• Suspension and Brakes

  Underneath the Tata LPT 3518’s bare skin, the chassis gets parabolic leaf springs with Forged I Beam, Reverse Elliot Type axle at the front and semi-elliptical leaf springs with single reduction RA 110LD axle at the rear. The Tata LPT 3518 has a 12-tyre setup, each of which measures 295/90 R20. 

  Summary

  The Tata LPT 3518 rides on 295/90 R20 tyres and gets conventional parabolic leaf springs at the front and semi-elliptical leaf springs at the rear.

• Payload

  The Tata LPT 3518 is offered in India in three different length configurations – 9035mm (wheelbase of 5205mm), 9635mm (wheelbase of 5505mm) and 10385mm (wheelbase of 5905mm). All these versions of the Tata LPT 3518 have the same width of 2440mm and have a gross weight of 35,000 kg. Since it is just a chassis and doesn’t get a load body as a factory fitment. While the front track of the Tata LPT 3518 measures 1964mm, the rear track measures 1817mm.

  Summary

  The Tata LPT 3518 is available in three configurations depending on the lengths – 9035mm, 9635mm and 10385mm.

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