Here is news that DC is thinking - apparently seriously - about establishing a truck plant in India. It has - according to the report - earmarked a 15 acre site near Pune - coincidentally home to Tata.

"We haven't taken a decision yet, but there is a proposal to manufacture trucks in India. A decision on this would be taken shortly," a company official said.

Does this mean that DC has given up attempting to take either a piece of Ashok Leyland or a large lump of Eicher?