Karosa C 943 is an articulated intercity bus produced by bus manufacturer

Karosa Karosa ( cs, Továrna na Kočáry, Automobily, Rotory, Obráběcí stroje, Sekací stroje a Autobusy, en, Factory for carriages, cars, rotors, machine tools, cutting machines and buses) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in the Czech Republi ...

from the

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, in the years of 1997 to 2001. Its production was stopped without any successor.

Construction features

Karosa C 943 is model of

Karosa 900 series Karosa 900 series is a collective term for several modifications of a bus which was produced by Czech company Karosa in the town Vysoké Mýto from 1994 to 2007. The basic models of this series are intercity bus Karosa C 934 and later produ ...

. C 943 is derived from

Karosa B 941 Karosa B 941 is an articulated urban bus produced by bus manufacturer Karosa from the Czech Republic, in the years of 1997 to 2002. Modernised version, Karosa B941E, was introduced in the year 1999. In many towns they replaced Ikarus 280 made in H ...

, and also unified with intercity models such as C 934 and C 935. It is made of two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint. Body is semi-self-supporting with

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and

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with

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is placed in the rear part. Only third C axle is propulsed, meaning that this articulated bus has

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. Front axle is independent, middle and rear axles are solid. All axles mounted on

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. On the right side are three doors (first are narrower than middle doors). Inside are used leatherette seats. Drivers cab is not separated from the rest of the vehicle. Buses has an open design of turntable.

Production and operation

Serial production started in 1997 and production continued until 2001. Between the years 1997 and 2001 was made 27 buses mainly for transport companies in

and

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.
Currently, number of Karosa C943 buses is reduced, due to high age of the buses.
C 943 buses were not as the only type of 930/940 series made in the modernised E version, although it was reportedly considered.
During January 2013 was still 23 of these buses in service.

Construction features

Production and operation

References

See also