Hispano Globus is a rear-engine bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 manufactured by Tata Motors

Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO...

. It is built on the 1623c chassis having a rear mount 5.9litres 235hp Cummins

Cummins

Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...

 6BT series diesel engine with turbocharger

Turbocharger

A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...

 and intercooler

Intercooler

An intercooler , or charge air cooler, is an air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchange device used on turbocharged and supercharged internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing intake air charge density through nearly isobaric cooling, which removes...

. The engine produces 800Nm torque at 1500rpm. It is primarily intended for tourist and long-distance duties. The coach is built at ACGL, Goa and it is designed by Hispano Carrocera

Hispano Carrocera

Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera , based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, is one of the largest manufacturers of bus and coach cabins in Europe. It is a fully owned subsidiary of India's Tata Motors. Tata Motors acquired control of the company in 2005, after purchasing a 21% stake in the company...

. The body shell is from Spain and it is a re-badged version of Hispano Divo Luxury coach.

External links

• http://www.autopedia.in/2009/04/description-of-tata-hispano-globus-rear-engine-ac-hi-decker-coach/
• http://picasaweb.google.com/raghunatha.mankala/TataGlobus?authkey=Gv1sRgCIe72JjurKilAw&feat=directlink