The Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King (
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:三菱ふそう・エアロキング) is a series of
heavy-duty double-decker coach
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Guidance/instruction
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Transportation
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es built by
.
The Aero King first went on sale in 1984, after being introduced at the 1983
Tokyo Motor Show
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. It can be either built as an
integral bus or a
bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
chassis.
The engines that were used in the Fuso Aero Bus were the 8DC9 (turbocharged V-8, , used between 1984 and 1995 for MU515TA/MU525TA), the 8M21-3 (NA V-8, /, used between 1995 and 2005 for MU612) and the 6M70-T4 (turbocharged L-6, 420ps, used between 2008 and 2010 for MU66JS)
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Models
*P-MU515TA/525TA (1984)
*U-MU525TA (1990)
*KC-MU612TA (1995)
*MU612TX (2000)
*BKG-MU66JS (2008)
File:D674-90501-P-MU525TA.jpg, Aero King P-MU525TA
File:U-MU525TA-Echigo-Kotsu-1070.jpg, Aero King U-MU525TA
File:Nihonkotsu aeroking U-MU525TAkai ria.jpg, Aero King U-MU525TA rear
File:744-05994 Tokai MU612TX front.jpg, Aero King MU612TX
File:744-05994 Tokai MU612TX rear.jpg, Aero King MU612TX
See also
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Hino Grand View
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List of buses
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Nissan Diesel Space Dream
References
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Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King
{{Mitsubishifuso
Aeroking
Bus chassis
Double-decker buses
Coaches (bus)
Cab over vehicles
Buses of Japan
Full-size buses
Vehicles introduced in 1984