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Competing alongside Gillig Corporation and similar its Gillig Transit Coach, the two companies supplied California with school buses nearly exclusively into the 1980s. Crown also was the manufacturer of custom-built vehicles derived from its buses, including the Firecoach line of fire apparatus .
A Volkswagen bus, named Azul by its owner, sits among burned-out homes in Malibu, California, on January 9. (Mark J. Terrill/AP) Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s ...
In the early 2000s, ElDorado National–California expanded into the heavy-duty bus business with the mid-size E-Z Rider and full-size Axess buses. Heavy-duty buses are typically purchased by government-funded public transport services and are required to pass independent, rigorous 12-year/500,000-mile longevity testing at the Pennsylvania ...
Volvo Polska Sp. z o.o., Wrocław, Poland (1996), the largest Volvo Buses factory in Europe Carrus Oy, Finland (January 1998, [ 7 ] known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy from 2004) Carrus Oy Delta, Lieto , known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy Turku Factory from 2004, became independent in 2008 and renamed Carrus Delta Oy
A number of 2-axle Ailsa B55 were sold overseas. Indonesia received 320 buses between 1981 and 1985. [18] China Motor Bus in Hong Kong received eight between 1975 and 1978 (six out of these eight buses were destroyed by fire). [19] [20] One B55 was exported to Singapore as a demonstrator for Singapore Bus Services and another to Bangkok. [21 ...
Buses made up to 2005 used the Volvo D9A engine (340 bhp); then switched to the Volvo D9B engine (360 bhp) to confirm to the Euro 4 and Euro 5 emissions rules. In 2005, the platform's production was extended to Volvo Buses' factory in Curitiba, Brazil, which accommodated an order of 1,159 B9SALF units for the urban system of Santiago, Chile.
A 28-foot (8.5 m) medium-duty bus offered as lower-cost alternative to the 30-foot-long (9.1 m) Phantom. Gillig-Neoplan 1977–1979: High floor transit bus: 30, 35 ft (9.1, 10.7 m) A rear-engined transit bus built as a joint venture with German bus manufacturer Neoplan. Available with either diesel or propane engines. Gillig school buses ...
Volvo B13R is a 12.8-litre engined coach chassis available as both two- and tri-axle from Volvo since 2009. It was the first of the Volvo BXXR series, replacing the higher output configurations of the B12B. [1] It was later joined by the B11R, which has the same base chassis but a smaller engine.