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Tata Motors already possesses the engineering and manufacturing capability to design and build a four-axle coach chassis, Srivastava points out - the company has been producing 8×2 trucks for atleast a decade. Here in India, because of the restrictive axle weight limitations, an 8×2 wheelplan is more feasible, Rohit Srivastava, CEO of Tata Marcopolo Motors Limited (TMML), tells OVERDRIVE. In Brazil, the three-axle Paradiso 1800 DD is offered with up to 60 semi-sleep seats in single-class configuration. Auto Viação 1001, the first operator in Brazil to schedule double-decker buses on regular lines, runs a Double Class service with six anatomically shaped sleeper seats on the lower deck that recline horizontally into bunks, and 40 semi-sleeper seats on the upper deck.

Brazilian bus builder, Marcopolo has been Tata Motors' primary bodywork partner for the Indian market for the last eight years.įour-axle coaches are common in South America for extremely long routes that can sometimes stretch over 4,500km and three days on the road. Having recognised the growing popularity of such long routes, Tata Motors is examining the feasibility of introducing a double-decker touring coach, based on the latest Generation 7 of Marcopolo's Paradiso 1800 DD model. This is why comfort and safety needs are leading to the adoption of European levels of vehicle specification, as seen in Volvo's 9400 PX and Scania's Metrolink HD. Now, there are long distance scheduled service coach routes pushing 2,000km and journey times stretching to 36 hours (case in point, VRL's Bangalore–Jodhpur Volvo service). The way we travel by buses has changed over the years.