The Nissan Diesel Space Runner RA (kana:日産ディーゼル・スペースランナーRA) was a heavy-duty

single-decker bus A single-decker bus or single-decker is a bus that has a single deck for passengers. Normally the use of the term ''single-decker'' refers to a standard two-axled rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus, which ...

produced by the

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ese manufacturer Nissan Diesel from 2005 until 2010. It can be either built as a complete bus or a

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. The styling is completely different from the

Nissan Diesel UA The Nissan Diesel UA (kana:日産ディーゼル・UA) was a full-size single-decker bus produced by the Japanese manufacturer Nissan Diesel for 32 years of production from 1973 until 2005. It can be built as either a bus chassis or an integral ...

, that it has a rounded roof dome (more rounded than the UA) and a separately mounted

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. The Space Runner RA engine using

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technology.

Models

*ADG-RA273 (2005) *PKG-RA274/PDG-RA273 (2006) File:Nishitetsu Bus 9369-01.jpg, Space Runner RA ADG-RA273MAN File:SeibuBus A7-182.jpg, Space Runner RA PKG-RA274KAN File:Tokyubus-meguro8703-interior-20070614.jpg, Space Runner RA interior

References

{{UD vehicles Bus chassis Buses of Japan Full-size buses Low-floor buses Step-entrance buses Space Runner RA UD trucks Vehicles introduced in 2005