VDL Bus & Coach
| Industry | Automotive |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Berkhof Bova DAF Bus Hainje Jonckheere Kusters |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
| Products | Buses and Coaches |
| Parent | VDL Groep |
| Website | www.vdlbuscoach.com |
VDL Bus & Coach is a Dutch builder of buses, bus bodies, coaches, coach bodies and trucks. It is a division of VDL Groep.
VDL Bus & Coach has building factories in Belgium and the Netherlands.[1]
In 2018, VDL Bus & Coach made 500 electric buses.[2]
History
[change | change source]
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VDL Bus & Coach have purchased the following bus building companies in the Netherlands and Belgium:[3][4]
- Berkhof (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Modules)[5]
- Bova (purchased in 2003, became VDL Bus Valkenswaard)[6]
- DAF Bus (purchased in 1993, became VDL Bus Chassis)[7]
- Hainje (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Heerenveen)
- Jonckheere (purchased in 1998. became VDL Bus Roeselare)
- Kusters (purchased in 1998, became VDL Bus Venlo).
- Van Hool (purchased in 2024 purchased after Van Hool became bankrupt.)
Products
[change | change source]Current
[change | change source]Buses and coaches
[change | change source]Chassis
[change | change source]- SB180 - Low entry
- SB200 - Low entry
- SB230 - Low entry
- SBR230 - Low entry
- DB300 - Double deck
- TB2175 - Heavy duty (front engine)
- TBR2175 - Heavy duty (front engine)
- SB4000 - Intercity / Coach
- SBR4000 - Coach
Van conversions
[change | change source]- MidCity
- MidEuro
Previous (including DAF bus models)
[change | change source]Coaches and whole vehicles
[change | change source]- Lexio (interurban bus body on VDL SB4000 chassis, marketed as VDL Bova Lexio)
- Magiq (integral coach, ex Bova, renamed VDL Bova Magiq)
- Synergy (double deck coach body on VDL SBR4000 chassis, marketed as VDL Bova Synergy)
Chassis
[change | change source]- B62
- B1100
- B1300
- B1500
- B1502
- B1600
- DB250
- MB200
- MB205
- MB210
- MB230
- MBG200
- MBG205
- SB120
- SB201
- SB210
- SB220
- SB225
- SBR235
- SB250
- SB260 - Chassis modules for VDL Citea SLF
- SB1600
- SB1602
- SB1605
- SB2000
- SB2005
- SB2100
- SB2300
- SB2305
- SB2700
- SB2705
- SB2750
- SB3000
- SBG220
- SBR3000/SBR3015
- TB100
- TB102
- TB160
- TB163
- TB300
- TB2100
- TB2105
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Core activities Archived 2019-04-21 at the Wayback Machine VDL Bus & Coach
- ↑ Kane, Mark (2018-09-26). "VDL Bus & Coach Sold 500th Electric Bus". InsideEVs. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ↑ "VDL at Euro6". Bus & Coach Buyer. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ "VDL Weborganigram" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ ANP (1998-10-06). "VDL neemt Berkhof Jonckheere over". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ "Fusie busfabrikanten". Trouw (in Dutch). 2003-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ VDL Bus International becomes VDL Bus Chassis VDL Bus Chassis September 2008