The Bus Sales Team of MAN Automotive unveiled their newest commuter bus, to be added to MAN’s Lion’s family of buses at this year’s South African Bus Operators Association (SABOA) conference.
“Team MAN have taken two decades of passenger transport expertise, combined with the ongoing inputs from our very experienced customers and integrated all that know-how into the global developments of the MAN Lion’s family of buses. The result is a completely new bus body, with modern European styling, that includes the DNA requirements of arduous African operating conditions,” said Head of MAN Bus & Coach sales, Philip Kalil-Zackey.
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Looking at the new product, the flowing lines will certainly be eye-catching whilst bringing improved fuel efficiency through lower drag co-efficient. The day-time running LED lights in the front, together with the refined lay-out of the tail-lights in the rear end enhance the appearance of the unit to a level never seen before on a commuter bus.
“We are very proud to continue and expand our local production of commuter buses with a product that includes all previous USP’s as well as having the blessing of our product engineers who are driving technological developments at an international level. The new generation of Lion’s Explorer bus bodies will have pride of place in our communities and will contribute to safe commuting like never before,” said MAN Automotive Managing Director, Markus Geyer.
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The locally built bus was showcased at the South African Bus Operators Association annual gathering.
“This is just another example of our ongoing commitment to South Africa, world-class passenger transport Companies situated here and the result of teamwork between stake-holders enabling solutions which add value to our economy,” concluded Kalil-Zackey.
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