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The Fiat 306 was an Italian
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The Fiat 306 was an Italian 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 ...
produced by Fiat Veicoli Industriali
Fiat S.p.A., or ''Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino'' (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin), was an Italian holding company whose original and core activities were in the automotive industry, and that was succeeded by Fiat Chrysler Automobi ...
( FIAT's bus division before the creation of the IVECO consortium) from 1956.
It was manufactured in 3 series: 306/2 was launched in 1960, while 306/3 was from 1962, with different car body. The Fiat 306 was delivered as a chassis, to which was later added a car body by different companies, including CANSA, Carrozzeria Orlandi, Carrozzeria Menarini, Carrozzeria Barbi, the Belgian Van Hool
Van Hool NV () is a Belgium, Belgian family-owned coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, Coach (bus), coaches, trolleybuses, and Semi-trailer, trailers.
Most of the buses and coaches are built entirely by Van Hool, with engines and axle ...
, and others. The Fiat 306, whose production ended in 1982, was massively used in Italy by numerous local transport administration. It was replaced by the IVECO 370
The Iveco 370 was an Italian coach (bus), coach produced by Fiat Veicoli Industriali starting from 1976, and, from 1980, by the IVECO consortium.
Produced in different lengths, it replaced the previous models Fiat 306, Fiat 308 and Fiat 309. It ...
, launched in 1977.
Its 6-cylinder inline diesel engine was installed "underfloor".
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