Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, today announced it will launch its new 2012 model Aero Star large route bus for Japan. Compliant to the upcoming latest safety regulations, the enhanced, clean and efficient bus will be available at Mitsubishi Fuso dealerships and regional sales centers across [...]

Delivering up to 37 percent lower fuel consumption and with a much lower environmental impact than conventional diesels, Volvo hybrid buses have achieved significant market success around the world. Now, the company’s home town of Gothenburg has ordered 25 hybrid buses which are scheduled to enter service later this year. Volvo has now sold a [...]

No other Mercedes-Benz coach has achieved sales figures approaching those of the permanently best-selling O303 and certainly none has been as successful in the medium price segment. Its name says it all: we’re talking here of the Mercedes-Benz Tourismo. Some 17,500 vehicles have been sold since the start of the O350 series in 1994. The [...]

Stuttgart / Istanbul, Turkey – The brand with the star shines: A new major order for 221 Mercedes-Benz Conecto articulated buses has been placed by the public transportation provider IETT to update its fleet of city buses in the metropolis on the Bosporus. The new order allows Daimler subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Türk to strengthen its partnership [...]

Public transport plays a decisive role in solving urban congestion and air pollution. But what can be done to persuade more people to leave their cars at home and use public transport instead? A foretaste of what will attract tomorrow’s passengers can be seen on the streets of Göteborg, where a new bus will be [...]

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, launched the newest version of its Universe luxury bus at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show, a year after the company first entered Japan’s coach market with advanced vehicles satisfying Japan’s latest emissions standards.Universe, which is powered by Hyundai’s proprietary POWERTEC engine, receives an exterior makeover, with front and [...]

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, launched the newest version of its Universe luxury bus at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show, a year after the company first entered Japan’s coach market with advanced vehicles satisfying Japan’s latest emissions standards.Universe, which is powered by Hyundai’s proprietary POWERTEC engine, receives an exterior makeover, with front and [...]

High Point, N.C. – Thomas Built Buses recently hosted its sixth annual supplier day event at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, N.C. The annual three-day event focuses on cost reductions, quality improvements, lead time reductions and technology and honors a Supplier of the Year. Kelley Platt, Thomas Built Buses president and CEO, presented the [...]

The order was signed at a ceremony at the Busworld show in Belgium during Monday. It was signed by Jens-Michael May, Managing Director of SBG Süderelbe Bus and Jasper, two of the bus subsidiaries of Hamburger Hochbahn AG, and Noel Reculet, Senior Vice President Europe at Volvo Buses. I am very proud that we have [...]

Neu-Ulm: the organisers of the 2012 European Football Championship to be hosted jointly by Poland and the Ukraine from the 8th June to 1st July have put their trust in Setra coaches from Daimler AG.Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses: “We are happy and proud to be able to support one of the most important [...]