Volkswagen Volksbus
Encyclopedia
The Volkswagen Volksbus is a range of bus
chassis
built by Volkswagen Trucks and Buses
since April 1993.
Today Volkswagen Trucks and Buses produce bus chassis in the 5 to 18 tonne
category, the majority of them are powered by MWM engines.
Microbus
Medium
Coach
Main users of Volksbus chassis' are:
South American manufacturers
South African manufacturers
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...
chassis
Chassis
A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...
built by Volkswagen Trucks and Buses
Volkswagen Trucks and Buses
Volkswagen Trucks and Buses , , is a Brazilian manufacturer of commercial vehicles. It manufactures heavy trucks and buses under the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles marque....
since April 1993.
Today Volkswagen Trucks and Buses produce bus chassis in the 5 to 18 tonne
Tonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
category, the majority of them are powered by MWM engines.
Variants
Note: E = Electronic versions, D = Front engine, T = Rear engine- 8.140 CO
- 8.150 OD
- 8.150 EOD
- 9.150 OD
- 9.150 EOD
- 15.180 EOD
- 16.180 CO
- 16.210 CO Euro II
- 17.210 OD
- 17.210 EOD
- 17.240 OT
- 17.260 EOT
- 18.310 OT
- 18.310 OT Titan
- 18.320 EOT
Current range
Minibus- 5.140 EOD
- 8.120 OD Euro III
- 8.150 OD (Export)
- 8.150 EOD
Microbus
- 9.150 OD (Export)
- 9.150 EOD
Medium
- 15.180 EOD
- 15.190 EOD
- 17.210 EOD
- 17.230 EOD
- 17.260 EOT
Coach
- 18.320 EOT
Conversions
All bodies are assembled by private coachbuilders. The coachbuilders then manufacture them to desired configuration e.g. school bus, shuttle bus, tour bus & coach buses etc.Main users of Volksbus chassis' are:
South American manufacturers
- IrizarIrizarIrizar Group is a Spanish-based builder of luxury coach vehicle bodies, established in 1889. It is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Spain...
- MarcopoloMarcopolo S.A.Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity and touring coach...
- VolareMarcopolo S.A.Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity and touring coach...
- CiferalMarcopolo S.A.Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity and touring coach...
- RosmoRosmoRosmo, founded as Carrocerías ROSMO by Mr. Severino Rosmo Baratto in 1936, is a Quetzaltenango, Guatemala-based bus manufacturer for the Guatemalan market.Fábrica de Carrocerías ROSMO fundada en 1936, en la ciudad de Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, C.A....
- ComilComilComil Carrocerias e Onibus is a Brazilian bus & coach manufacturing company established in 1985 with the purchase of bus company Incasel. Based in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, it also has a factory in Mexico. Its products had been exported to 29 countries. Comil also manufactures grain...
- MascarelloMascarelloMascarello Carrocerias de Ônibus is a Brazilian bus coachbuilder established in 2003.-External links:* **...
- ModasaModasa (bus manufacturer)MODASA , is a Peruvian bus manufacturer. MODASA products include buses, such as coach buses and school buses and tourist bus es, and cars, including pick-up trucks. MODASA provides a service converting automobiles to run off of natural gas. The company also produces generators and mobile...
- BusscarBusscarBusscar Ônibus S.A. is a Brazilian bus manufacturer that builds coaches, trolleybuses, charter and tour buses. The company is based in Joinville in the south of Brazil, where it has industrial premises that cover 1,000,000 m2, including a building of 84,000 m2.-History:The business has its origins...
South African manufacturers
- Busmark 2000
- Busaf
- IrizarIrizarIrizar Group is a Spanish-based builder of luxury coach vehicle bodies, established in 1889. It is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Spain...
- MarcopoloMarcopolo S.A.Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. microbus, intercity and touring coach...