Category:FOCUS on Bus and Coach
Giant achievement
When two giants of industry meet they make a product to be reckoned with. That’s what happened when the Volvo B12R MKll bus chassis...
Water force be with you
Back in 2002 Voith Turbo, of Heidenheim, introduced a primary water retarder for heavy commercial vehicles. Named the Aquatarder, this device – fitted to...
Ebb and flow
On the back of a particularly vibrant 2010, last year proved an ongoing challenge for South Africa’s bus and coach industry. Will that trend...
Leading (S)pringbok (A)tlas
Craig Drysdale, chief executive officer of the Coach Charter Transport Division at Springbok Atlas, refers to the company as a limb of his body...
Exploring (S)pringbok (A)tlas
Springbok Atlas Charter Transport Division has grown form strength to strength and become one of the largest and most experienced luxury coach operators in...
Buscor’s bonkers bi-articulated buses
Parked head-to-tail, the line would snake for more than a kilometre. But as GAVIN MYERS discovers, that doesn’t worry the folks at Buscor, which...
BRT: urban-transport solutions
With many cities in the world facing similar transport challenges that come with a growing need for mobility, Daimler Buses continues to lead the...
The S-word
South Africa’s coach and bus industry has a rich history, and for many years has made a vital contribution to the economic and social...
Life’s a gas in Rome
A whopping 95% of the citizens of Rome have a public transport stop within 300 metres of home – and catching a bus is...
Swedes steal the Kortrijk show
Scania and Volvo both launched important new models at the Busworld Kortrijk exhibition in Belgium, reports FRANK BEETON.
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