Daimler opens new bus plant in Colombia and expands its bus business in Latin America

Daimler is further expanding its bus business in Latin America - the wholly owned subsidiary Daimler Colombia S. A. is opening a new bus plant in Funza near Bogota with an installed capacity of 4,000 units per year. To this end, US$ 2-million are being invested in the bus

Read more »

Scania inaugurates its first Asian bus manufacturing plant

In the presence of 1,500 guests, including ministers, ambassadors, customers, suppliers and employees, Scania Commercial Vehicles India inaugurated the company's first bus manufacturing plant in Asia.

The new bus production plant is located at the Scania Narasapura

Read more »

Daimler Buses India begins to supply chassis from Oragadam to Egypt

Daimler India Commercial Vehicle Pvt. Ltd. (DICV) has started to export bus chassis from India.

Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses, and Markus Villinger, Head of Daimler Buses India, were present at the Egyptian capital of Cairo to celebrate the delivery of the first bus chassis

Read more »

Britain's first Volkswagen Type 2 Samba Microbus for auction

A truly unique 1955 Volkswagen Type 2 Samba Microbus with a fascinating story will go under the hammer in Silverstone Auctions' Race Retro Sale which takes place at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on February 21 and 22, 2015.

The vehicle, estimated at between £70,000 and

Read more »

Wirelessly charged city bus tested for the first time in Sweden

Scania has become the first company in Sweden to test a wirelessly charged electric-hybrid city bus. The bus will start operating on the streets of Södertälje, Sweden, in June 2016 as part of a research project into sustainable vehicle technology. Scania is undertaking

Read more »

World premiere of Mercedes-Benz CapaCity L, the longest Mercedes-Benz bus

It is an imposing 21 m long and provides space for up to 191 passengers as standard. It consumes well below 0.5 l/100 km per passenger and has only minimal emissions: The CapaCity L high-capacity articulated bus makes an important contribution towards counteracting

Read more »

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo celebrates its 20th anniversary

Europe's most successful touring coach at the current time is celebrating its birthday - the Mercedes-Benz Tourismo made its debut 20 years
ago in 1994. Its track record makes impressive reading - during the two model generations to date, over 21,000 units

Read more »

3,000th Mercedes-Benz Citaro Euro VI delivered

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is celebrating a key milestone at the ONC new bus centre in Mannheim - almost eight months to the day after the delivery of the 1,000th Citaro Euro VI and only 11 months after the introduction of the relevant statutory requirement, the 3,000th

Read more »

Block Busreisen takes delivery of first TopClass 500 in Germany

Tour operator Block Busreisen from Husum in Lower Saxony has taken delivery of the first vehicle from the Setra TopClass 500 series to be delivered to a German customer. Company owner Alfred Block, who collected the S 516 HDH together with his wife Cornelia and

Read more »

New Setra TopClass 500 begins series production at EvoBus plant in Neu-Ulm

The Setra TopClass 500 is moving toward the starting line. Series production of this new-generation travel coach has begun at the EvoBus plant in Neu-Ulm with the assembly of the first customer vehicle, an S 517 HDH. This elegant three-axle coach, which offers a unique

Read more »

Scania expands its operations in Taiwan

Scania is strengthening its position in the Taiwanese bus market. The company has recently received orders for 180 bus chassis. In order to provide high uptime for bus and truck operators, Scania will add new workshops to its Taiwanese service network.
The 180 chassis

Read more »

Setra takes four vintage buses to the 2014 Retro Classics show in Stuttgart

This year's main focus of the Setra brand's trade show display at Retro Classics (March 13-16, 2014) is on a very special vehicle model, the Setra S 8. In addition, it is also presenting a conventional Mercedes-Benz O 3500 coach with Kassbohrer body.

One of the Setra S 8 coaches

Read more »

Scania to deliver 156 city buses to Berlin

Scania has received an order to provide 156 articulated buses to Berlin's public transport provider, Berliner Verkehrsgesellschaft (BVG). The buses are scheduled for delivery between 2014 and 2017.

"This order is strategically important for establishing Scania

Read more »

Scania to deliver 360 city buses to Malaysia

Scania will deliver 360 city buses to the state-owned company Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana). The buses will operate in the city of Kuantan and in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

"Scania buses and coaches are renowned for their fuel economy, reliability,

Read more »

Scania to deliver 63 coaches for new German bus routes

ADAC Postbus, which will soon begin intercity coach services in Germany jointly operated by Deutsche Post and the large German automobile club ADAC, has selected Scania as its vehicle supplier and service partner.

By spring 2014, ADAC Postbus will connect approximately

Read more »

First Citaros delivered in Budapest

The first 56 Citaros were delivered in Budapest on April 30, 2013, right on schedule. Till Oberworder, Head of Marketing, Sales & Aftersales Daimler Buses, handed over the vehicles in the presence of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Mayor of Budapest Istvan Tarlos,

Read more »

Daimler strengthens its commercial vehicle business in China

Daimler AG further enhances its clout on the important Chinese market. With the foundation of 'Daimler Trucks and Buses China Ltd.' (DTBC), the company establishes a legally independent entity for its truck and bus business in China. The entity has already obtained its

Read more »

Nine Citaro Euro-VI solo buses delivered to BLT Baselland Transport AG in Switzerland

BLT Baselland Transport AG in Switzerland took delivery of nine Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses meeting the requirements of the future Euro-VI emissions standard. These are the first standard-production regular-service solo buses featuring this clean technology to

Read more »

Setra Touring Coach with 2+1 seating at the UMA Trade Fair

Setra was present at this year's United Motorcoach Association (UMA) Expo for buses and coaches in Orlando, Florida with an exclusively equipped touring coach from the 'TopClass S 417' range. The bus brand from Ulm in Southern Germany presented itself for

Read more »

Scania launches new bus and coach range for India at Busworld 2013

Scania takes the next step in India with the introduction of Scania buses and coaches, with full parts and service support via the worldwide Scania service network. The Scania Metrolink is a purpose-designed coach for luxury intercity or charter travel in head-turning

Read more »