It doesn’t get more iconic ’80s for many bus fans than an Australian-built and run ‘bendy bus’. Circa 2019, this old-school Volgren-bodied articulated Volvo B58 bus still turns heads to this day.
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VIDEO REVIEW: MAN RR4 CO 26.500
FIRST DRIVE: In Australia’s alpine regions there are more than a few steep hills and slippery gradients, and you need good power to overcome them in a coach. MAN’s 500hp+ three-axle chassis doesn’t just climb them, it flattens them.
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VIDEO REVIEW: KING LONG 6130
King Long has been working hard to make top-of-the-line Chinese buses and coaches that meet the high standards and tough working conditions of the Australian market. ABC magazine took the company’s 6130 coach for an impressively comfortable test drive.
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VIDEO REVIEW: Yutong C122 / T12
Known as the Yutong C122 here but T12 globally, the enigmatic Chinese “super coach” boasts a European bloodline and heart, in terms of motive power and striking styling cues. ABC magazine exclusively gets behind the wheel and takes one for a spin.
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VIDEO REVIEW: Wrightbus Streetdeck 10.6m
Hybrid, let alone fully electric, buses are still a long way off for many operators, so clever use of ‘ancillary electrification’ may well prove diesel’s savior. On a Wrightbus 10.6m double-deck, we came away impressed.
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VIDEO REVIEW: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516CDI
Making something more luxurious than it already is might sound simple, but is often not so. The right MB Sprinter is a beautiful base for enhanced customisation and tweaking, as Topstar Transporter soon discovered.
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VIDEO REVIEW: WRIGHTBUS STREETLITE WF 8.8M
Wrightbus may not be a brand on everybody’s lips in Australasia just yet, but with its innovative and tidy-looking StreetLite midibus packing a big micro-hybrid punch it soon just might be. We took one for quick spin and came away well impressed.
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VIDEO REVIEW: MERCEDES-BENZ O305 MARK I – 1923
It seems turning 40 is ‘the new black’ for a range of other age groups – just take your pick! Yet when test driving this mint 40-year-old Mercedes-Benz O305 Mark 1-1923 from the Sydney Bus Museum she still feels in the prime of her life.
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VIDEO REVIEW: Denning Phoenix
ABC magazine recently visited Bundaberg, a large country town in Queensland not far from the coast with a population of about 50,000, to visit local bus company Bundaberg Coaches.
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VIDEO REVIEW: I-Bus 500 Series
The I-Bus 500 Series is designed to go where others don’t dare
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