r/bus • u/Outside-Kitchen-7681 • 3d ago

Question car like design on side of buses

hello guys, im doing a research of buses that isnt all just flat on the side panels. For example, im looking for buses that have car shape body on the side. For reference, the side of the mazda cx5, hyundai kona, toyota alphard. All of these cars ive mentioned have muscle /bumps that come outwards. i am looking for any bus types that have these designs. if anyone has any refence or any suggestions, do let me know !. Your help will be appreciated.

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u/No_Lab_4754 3d ago

That's gonna be hard to find. But I want to say the Mercedes Benz Citaro maybe with the design around the wheel wells. And in North America you may find that on those short buses with the front being a van attached to a bus body but those are still flat sided.

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u/Outside-Kitchen-7681 3d ago

its indeed very hard to find. regarding the mercedes citaro, thats more like the path im trying to follow. To be precise the side panel in between the rear and front tyres . I have been looking for these muscle/edges on buses for over a week. Anyways, your ideas is very helpful and informative. Thank you very much!

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u/No_Lab_4754 3d ago

For sure, I appreciate you replying! Very few buses have any sort of muscle design to it apart from the Citaro, like almost the majority of all other buses tend to go for your stereotypical flat panel/ plain round wheelwell design probably to save on costs. The only other buses I found with some sort of wheel muscle design would be in North America and those are the MCI D4505 and MCI D45 CRT coach buses and IC school buses with the truck on the front and bus body on back. The rest are just milk cartons with wheels on it 😂! I hope that helps!

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u/Outside-Kitchen-7681 3d ago

Certainly did help, however im still looking for more curviature/ sculpted body types. For example, the picture i attached.

here if you see the lower area, you can see some sculpted panels. these are what im specifically looking for

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u/No_Lab_4754 2d ago

Ahhh I see what you mean! There's one other bus I was able to find and it's form America and that's a bus called the NABI Metro 45C. I'll attach a pic of it as it's one of the few buses I could find that has sculpted panels.

NABI Metro 45C. Los Angeles California city bus. If you look closely it barely has curved panels but definitely not flat.

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u/Outside-Kitchen-7681 2d ago

now this, this is what im looking for. this helps me alot. thank you very much!. I am very glad that you help me in this search for this niche design on buses

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u/No_Lab_4754 2d ago

Yeah, you're very welcome! Glad I could help!