Karosa

Karosa a.s.[1]
Iveco Bus (since 2007)
IndustryManufacturing (buses, cars, machine tools)
Founded1896
FounderJosef Sodomka
Defunct1999
HeadquartersVysoké Mýto, Czech Republic
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsBuses
OwnerIveco

Karosa (Czech: Továrna na Kočáry, Automobily, Rotory, Obráběcí stroje, Sekací stroje a Autobusy, English: Factory for carriages, cars, rotors, machine tools, cutting machines and buses) was a bus manufacturer in Vysoké Mýto in the Czech Republic. It was the biggest manufacturer of buses in Czechoslovakia. In 2007, its name was changed to Iveco Czech Republic, and now the company produces buses under the name Iveco Bus.

Since 2014, the Czech Republic has produced more buses per million inhabitants than any other country in the world.[2] The Iveco Bus factory in Vysoké Mýto produces around 3,100 buses annually and is the largest manufacturer of buses in Europe.[3][dubiousdiscuss]

  1. ^ An acronym for Czech: Továrna na Kočáry, Automobily, Rotory, Obráběcí stroje, Sekací stroje a Autobusy
  2. ^ Ekonom, Hospodářské Noviny IHNED - Karosa a Živnostenská banka mají společný osud. Aneb když firma přijde o jméno.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Karosa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).