DAF MB200

The DAF MB200 was a mid-underfloor-engined coach/bus chassis produced by DAF in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, during the 1970s and 1980s. It was fitted with a DAF 11.6 litre diesel engine and ZF transmission, in either manual or automatic styles.

DAF MB200
Plaxton Paramount bodied DAF MB200 in Chester in July 2007
Overview
ManufacturerDAF
Production1965 -
AssemblyEindhoven, Netherlands
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor typeStep entrance
Powertrain
TransmissionZF
Chronology
SuccessorDAF MB230

The first of over 600 was imported to the United Kingdom in 1975, at a time when continental-manufactured buses and coaches were still relatively uncommon.[1] An articulated version was bodied in Australia by Austral for Brisbane Transport in 1985.[2][3]

During the mid-1980s, the MB200 was superseded by the MB230, which continued in production until 1993.[4]

References

  1. DAF / VDL MB200 Bus Lists on the Web
  2. Aussie Day Commercial Motor 11 May 1985
  3. DAF MBG200 artic Brisbane Transport Buses
  4. Daf boost MB range Commercial Motor 24 August 1985
  • Millar, Alan (2007) Bus & Coach Recognition : Ian Allan Ltd., ISBN 0-7110-3136-3

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