The NEOPLAN Jumbocruiser was an articulated

Articulated bus

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 double-deck

Double-decker bus

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 multi-axle

Multi-axle bus

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 city coach

Coach (vehicle)

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 built by NEOPLAN Bus GmbH

Neoplan

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 between 1975 and 1992. At 18 meters in length, 2.50m wide and 4m in height, it is in the Guinness World Records

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 as the world's largest bus with a capacity for 170 passengers.

History

The Jumbocruiser was first manufactured in 1975 but never went into full-scale production.

One Jumbocruiser, with 'extremely comfortable seating' for 80 passengers operated a route from Belgium to Spain on high intensity work and traveled some 160,000km from new. This vehicle was involved in a rollover

Rollover

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 accident, initially claimed caused by a design fault but the parties concerned agreed that it was due to driver error while handling a cup of coffee. Subsequent inspection by Jumbocruiser Ltd. has established that the incident was highly likely to have been caused by a design fault. There was poor positioning of a shock absorber strut that caused the rear shock absorbers to not work when the vehicle was loaded.

It was then rebuilt by Jumbocruiser Ltd (no connection) of Bristol

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 in England

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. They used the services of Richard Cœur de Lyon (now called the 'Caross Center) near Mons in Belgium to completely strip the coach and rebuild it to a more modern design, and with modified suspension

Suspension (vehicle)

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. A modern digital turntable was prepared and fitted by HÜBNER in Germany. The internal combustion engine

Internal combustion engine

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, gearbox

Transmission (mechanics)

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, braking system

Brake

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, wiring looms, and the dashboard

Dashboard

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 were replaced and upgraded. A new dashboard with semi-digital wrap-around unit was installed in place of the original rust-prone flat unit. Modern front and end caps were fitted, and were eventually reduced after they were found to be too wide. The vehicle was tested by Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

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 in the UK in November 2006 and by 2007 Jumbocruiser Ltd. began to market the bus as a "rock 'n' roll" star sleeper bus

Sleeper bus

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. but had sold it by February 2010.