19 Facts About Mercedes-Benz buses

Since 1995 Mercedes-Benz buses and coaches is a brand of EvoBus GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler Truck.

In 1954 Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first semi-integral bus – the O321 H The semi-integral design meant a reduction in weight, improvements in stability and body resistance.

Two years later, on 7 October 1953, Mercedes-Benz buses do Brasil was officially founded, having as its first president Alfred Jurzykowski.

For instance, 550 units of Brazilian-made O321 integral Mercedes-Benz buses were exported to Argentina in 1961, and other 300 units were exported to Venezuela in 1965.

One year after the first three-axle bus was built in Brazil made its debut in 1977, the new O 364 integral bus was presented by Mercedes-Benz buses do Brasil in two versions – one with a 130-hp engine, and the other with a 170-hp engine.

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Since the demand for Mercedes-Benz buses was growing by that time, a new plant was inaugurated in Campinas, dedicated only for the production of Mercedes-Benz buses.

In 1994, Mercedes-Benz buses do Brasil presented the O 400 integral bus range, which included one standardised city bus, four coaches and the O 400 UPA articulated bus – the first articulated bus produced by Mercedes-Benz buses in Brazil, which came into production only in 1995.

However, months later Mercedes-Benz buses announced the end of integral bus production in Brazil.

Mercedes-Benz buses released updated local colectivo based on modified L 3500 truck chassis – LO3500, OP3500, LO311, LO312– with a separately manufactured body fitted at a later stage by different coach builders.

In 1987, Mercedes-Benz Argentina revolutionized the public transportation of passengers by launching the new line of rear-engined front-side bus, which replaced traditional front motor buses.

Mercedes-Benz commuter and touring buses are not necessarily up to European counterparts but robust enough to handle heavy urban usage and some of Argentina's rugged backcountry and extra long-distance travel.

Mercedes-Benz buses Turk is the first company in the Turkish primary automotive industry to get the ISO 9002 quality certificate, obtained in 1994 for the Aksaray plant, and ISO 9001 quality certificate, obtained in 1995 for the Davutpasa, Istanbul and Hosdere, Istanbul production plants.

Furthermore, Mercedes-Benz buses Turk has the certificate ISO 14001 for environment management standards since May 2000 and the certificates ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 16949 since March 2002.

In 1977, Mercedes-Benz buses presented a 17-metre-long articulated version of the O305, featuring a rear-mounted engine.

Mercedes-Benz buses again took part in the project and in 1980 presented the "S80" standardised regular-service bus.

One year later EvoBus was formed, the first of a new bus range from Mercedes-Benz buses was presented – the Integro rural-service bus, later joined by a three-axle 15-metre version.

In 1998 the new Mercedes-Benz buses Tourismo was presented in a super-high-deck version with three-axles, based on the O404 coach chassis.

Nonetheless, Mercedes-Benz buses engaged in intensive research and development of alternative propulsion systems in the 1960s.

In 2000, Mercedes-Benz do Brasil delivered the first 56 model M-447 hLAG turbocharged natural gas engines to the city of Hannover in Germany fitted to specially-designed Citaro citybuses for EXPO 2000.