Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a manufacturer of buses based in Mannheim, Germany. The Mercedes-Benz brand is under EvoBus GmbH which is under Daimler AG.
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History
When Karl Benz manufactured the first engine-driven buse in Mannheim, Germany in 1895.[1] under his Benz company. After the First World War, Benz and other motor vehicle company, Daimler, merged due to the economy and formed Daimler Benz AG. Under the Mercedes-Benz name, the company built bus chassis and bus bodies. They buit front-engined and rear-engined buses as well as double deck buses.[2]
After the Second World War factories had to be rebuilt. The first buses produced after this were the O5000T trolleybuses, and from 1948 conventional buses, model O4500 and O5000, were produced. In 1950, Mercedes-Benz introduced a new conventional model, the O3500, which became quite successful.[2] Mercedes-Benz would go on to become one of the worlds largest bus manufacturers with many customers worldwide.
Current Products
Minibuses
Full-size buses
- Conecto (O345)
- Tourismo (O350)
- Tourino (O510)
- Citaro (O530)
- Integro (O550)
- Intouro (O560)
- Travego (O580)
- Touro
- OC500LE
- O500 M
- O500 MA
- O500 R
- O500 RS
- O500 RSD
- O500 U
Past Products
Minibuses
Full-size buses
- O317
- O321H
- O322
- O326
- O302
- O303
- O305 Series
- O307
- O340
- O352
- O355
- O362
- O364
- O365
- O370 Series
- O371 Series
- O400 Series
- O404
- O405 Series
- O407
- O408
- OF series front-engine bus
- OH series rear-engine bus
References
- ↑ From "motorized wagon" to "bus", archive.org, retrieved on 2009-08-08
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 13: Mercedes Benz Integral Buses and Coaches, busexplorer.com, retrieved on 2009-08-08
