Made in Bangladesh: Bangla Car Limited is starting production New SUV cars
A sister concern of Hossain Group of Industries, Bangla Cars Limited is already assembling cars in their factory in Narayanganj
Bangladesh is well-known worldwide for its RMG and agriculture industries, but as more corporations build up car production and assembly units around the country, it has the potential to become the country’s next great thing.
Bangla automobiles Limited, a sister company of Hossain Group of Industries, is already assembling automobiles in their plant in Panchabati, Narayanganj. They have already sold a significant portion of the manufactured automobiles labeled as DFSK Glory this year, despite not formally commencing their marketing operations.
Unlike the other vehicle firms being established in the country, Bangla automobiles Ltd intends to launch automobiles with their unique design this year. Pick-up trucks, buses, and full-sized container trucks are also produced by the firm.
Bangla automobiles Limited is now manufacturing automobiles from various places across the world, relying on Japan’s ISUZU firm for the supply of engine and chassis parts from Indonesia. By this year, the business intends to produce 12 distinct types of cars, all of which will be designed in-house.
DFSK is a Chinese carmaker, and Maa Enterprise presently imports automobiles directly to Bangladesh. Bangla Cars Limited intends to establish an integrated production, marketing, and service base in Bangladesh.
The carmaker maintains a showroom in Tejgaon where they display their vehicles in various colors and versions. According to sources, additional showrooms will be opened in each of the country’s eight divisions in the first phase, followed by 30 more across the country.
Although the plan was to start manufacturing earlier this year, the pandemic has caused a huge delay. Bangla Cars Limited aims to eventually sell 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles a year, including electric vehicles, which they are currently working on.
This would be a massive contribution to the economy as we are heavily dependent on imported vehicles for both personal and commercial use. As the production is at a very early stage, they are looking to achieve sales volume to be 1,500 units of new cars within three years by building a state of the art factory and also offer 24-hour after-sales service.
Bangla Car Benefits
Many people are already wondering what type of amenities the company would provide its consumers. To begin, the automobiles are based on the already-available DFSK Gory model. The vehicle’s interior has an artificially intelligent virtual assistant with over 100 voice requests.
Under the center armrest is a 9-inch infotainment display with a multimedia console controller, a navigation system, and USB auxiliary connections for easy communication.
The first and second rows of the 7-seater car provide plenty of leg room. However, the area in the third row has been reduced but is still suitable for youngsters. The SUV includes a high-quality audio system.
Bangla Car Benefits
Many people are already wondering what type of amenities the company would provide its consumers. To begin, the automobiles are based on the already-available DFSK Gory model. The vehicle’s interior has an artificially intelligent virtual assistant with over 100 voice requests.
Under the center armrest is a 9-inch infotainment display with a multimedia console controller, a navigation system, and USB auxiliary connections for easy communication.
The first and second rows of the 7-seater car provide plenty of leg room. However, the area in the third row has been reduced but is still suitable for youngsters. The SUV includes a high-quality audio system.
The SUV is priced at Tk30 lakh, which might drop dramatically if they begin producing the full vehicle in-house rather than relying on foreign components.
Furthermore, Bangla Cars Ltd intends to develop an electric car by next year, with intentions to sell it to neighboring nations. This might be a noteworthy accomplishment since it would be the first time a Bangladeshi-made car has been exported. However, in order to fulfill market demand, the company is presently focused on providing automobiles ranging from 1500cc to 2000cc.
PHP Group is now building automobiles for Malaysian company Proton, while Progoti is doing the same for Mitsubishi Motors.
Made In Bangladesh Car Coming soon
The first car of the domestic brand is coming to the market after Eid with all modern facilities. This seven-seater car will be available for only 30 lakh taka. It is being marketed by ‘Bangla Cars Limited’, a subsidiary of Hossain Group of Industries. So that for the first time ‘Made in Bangladesh’ will be written.
If everything goes well, including the reduction in the incidence of Corona, the group will go to export the domestic brand ‘Bangla Car’ next year. Initially 30 cars are on trial, 10 have already been sold.
Managing Director (MD) of Hossain Group of Industries, Zakir Hossain told Jugantar that the benefits that a customer gets in a Mercedes-BMW car at a cost of crores of rupees will be available in a Bangla car for only 30 lakh rupees.
One of its special features is that the car will bear the Made in Bangladesh name like the apparel sector. Japan, China and India will lead the country in car production. In the first phase, there will be Bangla car showrooms in 8 sections of the country. Moreover, the manufacturer is going to open 30 more showrooms.
A showroom of ‘Bangla Car’ has already been opened at 181-182 Tejgaon in the capital. Where the domestic own brand 8 color car is arranged. The new model of 2021 is also adorning the showroom.
He said there is a Bangla car manufacturing factory in Narayanganj’s Panchavati. 12 types of cars will be marketed from there. These include private cars, trucks, buses, lorries, pickups.
However, although the car sale process has started, the official journey has not started yet. Though it was scheduled to be inaugurated on March 26, the inauguration ceremony has been postponed due to the Covid situation. If everything goes well, the official opening will be held after Eid.
It is known that Hossain Group is working jointly with Japan, Indonesia and China to build Bangladesh’s own brand of Bengali cars. Isuzu engine, Japanese body built car will have ‘Made in Bangladesh’ written on it.
In this context, the MD said, we are going to manufacture cars with indigenous brands and indigenous designs. Isuzu is making cars with Japanese engine, China body and Indonesian chassis. These cars are different from other cars. Photon or Mitsubishi can make one or two models of cars but Bangla Cars can make all models of cars. From 1500 to 2500 cc, we can make it according to the customer’s demand.
Again, even if the car is in 8 colors, if the buyer prefers any other color, we can provide that too. ‘Bangla Car’ is a country-made car on the country’s soil. It is not a foreign car, but for the first time we are producing our own car under our own name. I am thinking of going into export by the beginning or middle of next year.
Toyota is a Japanese company, Havel is a Chinese company but Bangla Car is our domestic company car. Like Tata, we will meet the needs of the country and export abroad. We are now in trial production, we will have more cars in June-July, the whole world will see that ‘Made in Bangladesh Bengali cars.’
No pickup, truck will come down. Then we will bring down 12 types of vehicles including lorries, buses. Moreover, electric cars will come next year. PHP makes Photon cars, Pragati makes Mitsubishi cars. We have our own car. The country’s cars are being built on the country’s soil.
Vehicle A-to-Z facility will be available from Bangladesh. It intends to market four to five thousand cars every year. We will produce all kinds of cars including electric motorcycles, electric vehicles, big lorry trucks, cement. He said, every car has a 5-year warranty.
