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The GM "old-look" transit bus was a transit bus that was introduced in 1940 by Yellow Coach beginning with the production of the model TG-3201 bus. Yellow Coach was an early bus builder that was partially owned by General Motors (GM) before being purchased outright in 1943 and folded into the GM Truck Division to form the GM Truck & Coach Division.
The GM TDH-4801 and TDM-4801 were a special series of GM "old-look" transit buses that were produced between 1953 and 1958 and which were designed to maintain a maximum rear axle weight load of no more than 16,500 pounds (7.5 t).
A restored GM "New Look" bus of the former New York Bus Service (now the MTA). The GM New Look bus is a municipal transit bus that was introduced in 1959 by the Truck and Coach Division of General Motors to replace the company's previous coach, retroactively known as the GM "old-look" transit bus.
List of production figures for Yellow/GM "old-look" buses; Ohio Museum of Transportation, omot.org, retrieved on 2006-12-22; Coachbuilt.com - Yellow Coach, coachbuilt.com, retrieved on 2006-12-23; New York Public Library - General Motors Truck Company. Pontiac, Michigan, nypl.org, retrieved on 2018-03-28; New York Public Library - GM Coach ...
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RTX also used smaller wheels and a "kneeling" suspension design to reduce first-step height by 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (110 mm), aiding boarding, and the interior floor height was 21 in (530 mm), 7 in (180 mm) lower than a contemporaneous "New Look" bus. However, the passenger capacity of a 40-ft bus was reduced from 50 to 29.
But the design and the futuristic look turned off most Canadian transit operators. In 1979, GM Canada's Transit division decided to continue producing New Looks until 1982, when it unveiled the Classic. Several orders for New Looks were still accepted, built and delivered until 1986 for U.S. properties, although the buses were made in Canada.
At its inception in 1960, AC Transit purchased the mixed White, Mack, and GM "old-look" bus fleet from its predecessor, the Key System. The 249 White, Mack, and GM gasoline buses were valued at US$508,000 (equivalent to $5,232,000 in 2023) and the 276 GM diesel buses were valued at US$2,612,700 (equivalent to $26,909,000 in 2023).