DAF MB200

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 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.[citation needed]

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During the mid-1980s, the MB200 was superseded by the MB230, which continued in production until 1993.[4]

  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