| MAN Lion's City | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | MAN Truck & Bus |
| Production | 1996–present |
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| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Integral bus |
| Body style | |
| Doors | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 |
| Floor type | |
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| Powertrain | |
| Power output | 220–360 hp (160–270 kW) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 8.13–20.45 metres (26.7–67.1 ft) |
| Width | 2.38–2.55 metres (7 ft 10 in – 8 ft 4 in) |
| Height | 2.99–4.37 metres (9 ft 10 in – 14 ft 4 in) |
| Chronology | |
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The MAN Lion's City is a range of low-floor and low-entry public buses built by German truck and bus manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus (previously MAN Nutzfahrzeuge) since 1996 primarily for the European market, but is also available in chassis-only variants worldwide. The name Lion's City has been used since 2006, when MAN's public bus models which had been marketed separately were gathered into one range, when also most models received a facelift. The first models to be introduced were the 12-metre low-floor intercity bus NÜ xx3 (A20) in 1996, the 12-metre city bus NL xx3 (A21) in 1997 and the articulated NG xx3 (A23) in 1998. As with former MAN bus models the power-rating made up part of the model name, giving the NÜ-series buses with power-ratings of 260 and 310 hp model names NÜ 263 and NÜ 313 respectively.[1] The main production sites are in Starachowice and Sady in Poland, but the models have also been built in Germany, Turkey and Malaysia. Initially most of the midibus variants were manufactured by Göppel Bus in Augsburg, later Nobitz.
Models are available with a 6-cylinder turbocharged straight engine which runs on diesel, compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. Versions with hydrogen fuel cell[2] drive and with hydrogen internal combustion engines[3] have been successfully tested, as well as diesel-electric hybrid drive.[4] A production hybrid-electric version, the Lion's City Hybrid, which uses supercapacitors and two 67 kW electric motors is available since 2010. Hybrid electric buses offer increased efficiency in urban traffic and use 30% less fuel than combustion-only buses.[5]
The latest generation of Neoplan Centroliner is based on the Lion's City (Neoplan was also part of the Neoman Bus group).
- ^ "Linienbusse" (in German). MAN Nutzfahrzeuge. Archived from the original on 13 April 1997.
- ^ "MAN: Fuel Cell City Bus (2000)". netinform – Wasserstoff und Brennstoffzellen. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
- ^ "MAN: low floor bus with FC and LH2 (2001)". netinform – Wasserstoff und Brennstoffzellen. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010.
- ^ "Premiere in Helsinki: MAN Lion's City Hybrid-Stadtbus der neuesten Generation" (PDF) (in German). Neoman Bus Gruppe. 22 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008.
- ^ "Hybrid drive". MAN Truck & Bus. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011.