El Car is a bus manufacturer from
Romania
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. The company was created by engineer Dorian Igescu and their main production line is the Igero bus.
Igero bus
Igero is a bus manufactured in multiple versions: as a city or intercity midibus or as the Igero Maxi, which is a 10-meter version designed for urban transport, with a passenger capacity of up to 80 people.
The design of the bus shows strong resemblance to the bigger
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
17.280 bus, because the Igero bus is the technical platform on what it is based. There was a strong cooperation between the two manufacturers, based mainly on Roman allowing El Car to use their production facilities. There was a plan for building their own factory but its completion had to be delayed. However the collaboration with Roman ended and the production line was moved to the Romprim factory in
Bucharest
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.
Igero midibuses operate public transportation in
Braşov,
Târgu Mureş Târgu (Romanian for "the market") starts off the names of several places in Romania:
*Târgu Bujor
*Târgu Cărbunești
*Târgu Frumos
* Târgu Gânguleşti
*Târgu Jiu
*Târgu Lăpuș
* Târgu Logreşti
*Târgu Mureș
*Târgu Neamț
*Târgu Ocna
...
and in
Covasna County
Covasna County (, hu, Kovászna megye, ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania' ...
.
The first Igero bus was built by Igescu in his own garage, in 2004, and was successfully franchised in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
.
The midibus version of the Igero lengths 8.5m and has a seating capacity of either 31 persons in the intercity version or 59 in the city version. They come equipped with
MAN
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EURO 3 turbocharged diesel engines, developing 170 HP. The gearbox is from
ZF and the suspensions are
pneumatic
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Pneumatic systems used in Industrial sector, industry are commonly powered by compressed air or compressed inert gases. A central ...
. Standard features also include
ABS/
ASR
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brakes and air conditioning system.
The Maxi version of the bus was launched in 2009 and is an extended 10m version, equipped with
MAN
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EURO 4 engine, 270 HP, and with up to 80 persons capacity. It also has a maximum permissible weight of 16t and ECAS system. In the future versions they plan to use for this bus a
MAN
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EURO 5 engine.
References
External links
Igero Intercity busTârgu MureşCovasnaAutobuze ROMAN & ELCAR Igero - Tram Club Romania
Bus manufacturers of Romania
Companies based in Bucharest
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2003
Romanian brands
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