DOST, the light commercial vehicle from Ashok Leyland, has completed one successful year in the market.

Existing Dost variants are powered by the homegrown P15 1.5-litre three-cylinder diesel engine which produces 58 PS (57.18 bhp) and 157.5 Nm of torque.

The Dost Plus will use the same engine but at a higher state of tune, output in the vicinity of 78 PS (76.9 bhp). The torque too is expected to increase proportionally.

Vehicle model will be available in an attractive colour – gray beige replete with stylish body graphics and some specially designed accessories like bull bars, fuel tank guards, fuel tank skirt panels, LED lights and arm rests.

The Dost is currently using a double-wishbone suspension setup at the front which would bereplaced by a rigid axle with leaf springs.

In order to handle the added load and power, the suspension is expected to be strengthened.

Ashok Leyland Dost and Partner passenger version launch this fiscal.

The increase in the output would be accompanied with a higher payload capacity (somewhere between 1.5 – 2 tonne) than the current variants which can carry up to 1.25 tonne.

In addition to the Ashok Leyland Dost Plus, the JV will also launch a tipper variant of the LCV in this fiscal.

In addition to the Ashok Leyland Dost Plus, the JV will also launch a tipper variant of the LCV in this fiscal.

In addition to the Ashok Leyland Dost Plus, the JV will also launch a tipper variant of the LCV in this fiscal.