Van Hool is set to be the first manufacturer to introduce an electric coach but it will launch on the North American market in 2019. Van Hool and Proterra, an American battery technology company, are expecting the venture to create a 100% electric-powered coach with 300km range and says it will be primarily used for […]
The Mercedes Benz Tourismo is the best-selling coach in Europe and has made an increasing impact on the UK market since it was launched here. Now there is a new generation of the model with many more options, some of them exclusively right-hand-drive, which Daimler Buses hopes will further entrench the model’s appeal. For those […]
The new Levante III launched at this week’s Coach and Bus UK show by Caetano is one of the most innovative coaches of the year. The Portuguese-built vehicle is completely re-engineered and has a raft of new features designed in conjunction with National Express, whose operators will be the main customers for the 14.9-metre tri-axle. […]
MAN Truck and Bus has become the newest van supplier to the UK market with the launch of the TGE, following its preview at the CV Show earlier this year. The new TGE is not, technically, a MAN produced product because it is derived from the new VW Crafter which was launched in the UK […]
One problem with aligning yourself with a prestige brand is that, by association, you will have to match its customer’s expectations. Mercedes-Benz is one such brand, and known for its understandable wariness of allowing coachbuilders and converters to take an angle grinder and welding torch to its vans and chassis. Of course, anyone can, but […]
In the job for only ten months, Scania’s Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Buses & Coaches, Karin Radstrom, told the Jury that Scania has doubled its market share and the number of buses it sold between 2012 and 2016, achieving a total of 8,253 in 2016, up 21% on the previous year. It intends […]
The new generation Tourliner, first seen at last year’s IAA show in Hanover, is built in the same Turkish factory as the MAN Lion’s Coach and shares the same driveline but it is distinctly different. Using the services of MAN’s BMC (Bus Modification Centre) at the former Neoplan manufacturing plant at Plauen, it can be […]
Yet to be seen at a major exhibition having been launched in Brussels during June, the Tourismo is the Mercedes-Benz coach for the future, supplanting not only the existing Tourismo range but also the top of the range Travego. It is offered in four variants, all of which are also available in right-hand drive, the […]