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Optima Bus Corporation
Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc., was a brand of small transit buses manufactured by North American Bus Industries. It was established in 1976 in Wichita, Kansas. It was originally the trolley-replica and conventional-bus production business of Chance Industries, Inc. In 1998, Chance Coach, Inc. was sold to American Capital Strategies, which rebranded the company as Optima Bus Corporation in 2003. American Capital subsequently sold Optima to North American Bus Industries, who closed the Kansas assembly plant on August 8, 2007, with production moved to their existing plant in Anniston, Alabama. Optima Bus is now North American Bus Industries, Inc. Models Current * Opus: under or under low-floor bus, design based on Wrightbus bodywork * American Heritage Streetcar AH-28 - trolley-style body on bus chassis ;Opus ISE series hybrid * Opus ISE Series Hybrid Buses is a hybrid Opus version.http://www.isecorp.com/ise_news/ise_press_releases/june-26-2007-Opus-dieselhybrid.php ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Bus Industries
NABI Bus, LLC (NABI) is a former manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses with its headquarters, bus manufacturing and assembly operations, located in Anniston, Alabama, Anniston, Alabama. Its products ranged from 31-feet to 60-feet in length, and were sold to operators throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. NABI's U.S. operations also include an aftermarket parts division in Delaware, Ohio, Delaware, Ohio (at the former Flxible factory), and an after-sales service center at Mira Loma, California. The company was acquired by New Flyer, New Flyer Industries in 2013, which in 2015 discontinued production of NABI's product lines at the Anniston plant. History Ikarus (Hungarian company), Ikarus Body and Coach Building Works of Budapest, Hungary (Ikarus Hungary) was a very large bus manufacturer having multiple plants in Hungary, with a production output during the 1980s of over 13,000 buses per year.Bushell, Chris; and Stonham, Peter (eds.) (1986). ''Jane's Urban Transpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
