Astra Bus is a

bus manufacturer Bus manufacturing, a sector of the automotive industry, manufactures buses and coaches. History Bus manufacturing had its earliest origins in carriage building. Other bus manufacturers had their origins in truck manufacturing. Historically, ch ...

based in Arad,

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. The company was established in 1996, splitting from Astra Vagoane Arad, a company specialized in manufacturing

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s. Since 2003, it is part of the Cefin Holding Group and their products have been buses and trolleybuses from the

Irisbus IVECO Bus (formerly Irisbus) is a bus manufacturer with headquarters in Turin. IVECO Bus is now only a brand division of IVECO which is a company incorporated under Dutch law and listed on Borsa Italiana. History IVECO (1975 - 1999) In 1975 ...

range, under a partnership with the Italian company, and, on a small scale, minibuses based on

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chassis.

Bus products

* Astra Ikarus 415T *

Irisbus Agora The Irisbus Agora (previously known as Renault Agora, Karosa City Bus or Ikarus Agora) was a low-floor bus designed and built by Renault from 1995 to 2002, date upon which it has been built by Irisbus, firstly a joint-venture with Fiat subsidiar ...

Irisbus Citelis The Irisbus Citelis is a low-floor city bus produced by Irisbus from 2005 to 2013 when it was replaced in production by Iveco Bus Urbanway. Production and operation It was introduced in 2005 to replace the Agora. It comes in three varieti ...

* Astra Citelis PS01T1

Other products

Volkswagen Crafter The Volkswagen Crafter, introduced in 2006, is the largest three- to five-ton van produced and sold by the German automaker Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The Crafter officially replaced the Volkswagen Transporter LT that was launched in 1975, ...

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a light commercial vehicle (van) built by Mercedes-Benz Group AG of Stuttgart, Germany as a large van, chassis cab, minibus, and pickup truck. In the past, the Sprinter had been sold under the Mercedes-Benz, Dod ...

* Iveco New Daily

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{{European bus builders Bus manufacturers of Romania Trolleybus manufacturers Arad, Romania Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1996 Romanian brands Electric vehicle manufacturers of Romania Companies of Arad County