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relects the world of MAN: a world shaped by
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04 A man to the rescue
Hendrik Schler drives a line bus that becomes
a rescue vehicle in emergencies.
06 Jungle trials
Volksbuses built by MANLatin America shuttle
Brazilian children to school.
08 Four hearts for a dream boat
The Viking Star is fitted with four clean engines
fromMANDiesel & Turbo.
10 Red-hot responders
The history of MANfire engines
12 News
Current news in MANs world
16 Navigating the world of MAN
At the IAA commercial vehicles show, MAN
makes an emotional brand appearance.
18 Powerful performance
Be it diesel, natural gas or hybrid: MANoffers
the right bus engines for every demand.
22 Professionals drive MAN
Football teams around the world enjoy the
travel comfort of coaches made by MAN.
26 Looking out for the future ahead
Within the UR:BANproject, MANdevelopers
explore ideas for the traffic of the future.
30 Turn old into new
In Nuremberg, MANupgrades pre-used MAN
units into premiumGenuine Parts ecoline.
36 Town & country bus
Sightseeing coach companies around the world
rely on MANchassis.
40 Offshore
Commuting to windparks per boat: in transit
with a service team
46 Heavy metal
MANtrucks master tough challenges in
South Africa.
48 The mileage masters
Even with more than a million kilometres on
the odometer, MANbuses operate flawlessly.
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COVER STORY
For more than a century, expertise and innovational strength have
been at the core of MANs engine development. For city buses, there
are different drive solutions for every need.
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For the past 19 years, Hendrik Schler, 41,
has worked as a bus driver at Verkehrsbetriebe
Westfalen Sd (VWS), southern Westphalias
public transport services, in Siegen. He is one of
eight drivers authorized to drive the Siegen res-
cue bus a regular bus transformed into an
evacuation vehicle in case of an emergency.
How is the emergency bus utilised?
As a regular line bus, it mostly services urban
transport. Whenever there is an alarm, all
passengers must disembark and are picked up
by a substitute bus. We thenproceed onto the
emergency site with sirens wailing and blue
light flashing. The fire brigade needs the bus
for when many people require evacuation or
are injured. Including standing room, we can
move up to 150 passengers.
Have you already been deployed?
Yes, indeed, that was very exciting! There was
an accident involving the regional express
train on the rail line fromSiegen to Cologne.
When the request came fromthe control cen-
tre, I immediately drove to the site. Luckily,
only three persons were slightly injured. So I
took 30 evacuated passengers to Siegen.
Does the bus have any special features?
Inside, the MAN Lions City articulated bus
has special mountings for stretchers and car-
ries emergency medical equipment in addi-
tion to the blue light, the siren and a red-and-
white paint job like that of a fire engine.
What is the passengers impression?
In urban traffic, our emergency bus is a real
attraction. I repeatedly notice people snap-
ping pictures. Kids are also totally thrilled to
catch anemergency bus to school sometimes.
MY MAN
rescue
A man
Versatile adaptation: In emer-
gencies, the regular line
bus turns into a rescue vehicle.
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Jungle
trials
Volksbus models for the programme, with
powerful suspension springs and reduced
overhang at the front and rear, features that
are particularly suitable for coping with the
dificult roads. The school buses feature
extra-large doors, emergency windows,
comfortable seats with safety belts and a
built-in speed limit, as the safety of young
passengers is always a top priority.
Today, more than14,000Volksbus vehicles
are servicing various regions of Brazil under
the auspices of the Caminho da Escola project.
MAN Latin America provides the majority of
the buses, thus promoting the countrys edu-
cational development. Without these buses,
Pedro and thousands of other schoolchildren
would never be able to manage the long and
hazardous trip to school.
PEDRO IS 12 YEARS OLD, and lives on the
periphery of Mata de So Joo in Brazils fed-
eral state of Bahia. Not too long ago it would
have beenimpossible for himto attend school
every day, as there are no public transport
services in his suburb. Since 2007, however, a
yellow Volksbus has been negotiating the un-
surfaced gravel roads in the outlying districts
of Mata de So Joo. Every morning, it takes
Pedro and other children to school, and
brings them back home in the evening.
Known as Caminho da Escola (road to
school), the initiative was launched by the
Brazilian government and aims to get chil-
dren from rural districts to school with the
assistance of a modern bus leet. These buses
therefore contribute to regular school attend-
ance. MAN Latin America developed two
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Mobile education: The yellow Volksbus
picks up children in rural districts of
Brazil and gets them safely to school.
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Made to measure: In the ships
engine room, mechanics install
the first of four MAN engines.
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WITH A LENGTH OF 230 METRES, 29 metres
in width and offering room for 944 passen-
gers, the Viking Star the latest additionto the
leet of Viking Ocean Cruises is actually one
of the smaller super-luxury vessels. The luxu-
ry liner is powered by four 32/44CR engines
fromMANDiesel &Turbo. At the Italian ship-
yard Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A.,
the engines were lifted on board the ship by
crane and installed in the engine room.
MAN Diesel & Turbo in co-operation
with Alfa Laval, which provides the exhaust
gas puriication systems to remove sulphur
oxides supplies a total of eight engines for
the Viking Star and a sister ship. By combining
the ultra-eficient MAN engines with the ex-
haust gas puriicationsystem, the newluxury
cruisers can most economically meet the
increasingly stringent regulations for sulphur
oxide emissions all over the world.
for a dream boat
Up in the air: Lifted by a
crane, the engine is hoisted
on board the cruise liner.
Visionary future: From 2015
onward, the Viking Star will be
cruising the global oceans.
Four
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responders
Red-hot
In case of emergency,
MAN technology steps right
up to the plate: For 99 years,
MAN has remained a reliable
partner of ire brigades.
Since 1915, the expertise
and know-how in this ield
has evolved continuously
right up to todays ultra-
modern ireighting vehicles
with Euro 6 compliance.
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As a result of the strategic Fast Plan,
a measure aimed at reducing the number of
automobile types, MAN was no longer
permitted to build anything other than heavy
trucks as of 1938. Fire brigades, however,
required primarily lighter vehicles. Thus, MAN
did not succeed in solidly repositioning itself
in the firefighting sector until the late 1950s.
In partnership with Swiss manufacturer
Saurer, MAN began offering the first
fire engines as cardan or chain cars in
1915. In addition to a crew of ten men,
the vehicle provided room for ladders, a
pump, hoses and an array of other
extinguishing equipment.
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1937
In the 1960s, MAN provided two-wheel- and
all-wheel- drive vehicles to fire departments
with the bonnet generation, including power-
ful 150-hp engines. Emergency teams could
therefore move out without delay.
2013
1985
Today there are real multitalents
among firefighting vehicles, such as
rescue vehicles and airfield fire en-
gines. With its TGL, TGM and TGS
series, MAN is well-represented on
the market for fire-extinguishing
vehicles. In the autumn of 2013,
MAN became the first commercial
vehicle manufacturer to offer
emergency-vehicle chassis in all
exhaust categories, ranging from
Euro 3 to Euro 6.
1960
With the cab-over-engine
configuration, MAN opened a
new chapter in the history of
firefighting vehicles in 1985.
The new medium-weight
series earned MAN an
excellent reputation. These
emergency vehicles often
remain in service for
decades, responding to
alarms on a daily basis.
Find more on the history of MAN fire engines at
> www.man.eu/discovermanfirefighting
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MAN MAGAZINE
Record-breakers deserve
a suitable victory vehicle.
FC Bayern Mnchen chose
a converted MAN TGX.
Jubilant crowds await
the stars of Bayern:
Thousands of fans
celebrated victory and
championship title
of the Bundesliga team.
GERMAN FOOTBALL CHAMPION FC Bayern
Mnchen celebrated its 24th championship
title in style, with a triumphal procession
through the centre of Munich. Converted into
an open-top, an MAN TGX with the champi-
ons on board took off fromMANs head office
in Munich to proceed through streets
thronged with fans to Munichs city hall. In
addition, 400 MANemployees also planned a
special surprise and assembled before depar-
ture to applaud their heroes.
The spacious TGX platform was large
enough to accommodate the entire team of
players together with their trainer, Pep
Guardiola, as well as other dignitaries. The
converted open-top truck offered the public
anunobstructed viewof the Bavarianfootball
stars, allowing for unfettered cheering of
fans. After this fantastic season, the team
certainly deserved to properly celebrate their
accomplishment. Thus, I am glad that we
could organise this parade together with our
partners, said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge,
Chairman of FC Bayern Mnchen. On the
occasion of FC Bayerns triple victory a year
ago, the championship vehicle had been con-
verted at MANs Truck Modification Centre in
Wittlich. The engineers made sure that the
truck would be sturdy enough to withstand
the jigs of joy executed by the team.
MAN has been a partner of FC Bayern
Mnchen since 2008 and provides the official
teambus. For the coming season, the contract
has been extended for another three years,
lasting until 2016.
Masterful merriment
in an MAN Truck
Championship
celebration: The
FC Bayern parade
through the city
centre of Munich
commenced at
MANs head office.
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THE FRENCH RAIL-VEHICLE maker Alstomhas ordered 200MANengines for the diesel electric
drive of its Rgiolis railcar. In a irst serial order, Alstomhad already received 500 engines for
the regional train of its French rail operator SNCF. Deliveries of the railcars began in April 2014.
Each vehicle is itted with four or six MANengines, each with an output of 338 kilowatts or
460 hp. The eficient six-cylinder in-line engine stands out for its compact and weight-saving
design. As a result, the complete drive package consisting of the diesel engine and generator,
cooling system, air ilter, exhaust system, and electrical and electronic components, can be
accommodated on the roof. Improved accessibility simpliies servicing, and the consistently
lowloors of the interior increase passenger comfort. Alstomis operating the irst large leet of
low-loor vehicles with a roof engine design in Europe.
The look of celebration:
FC Bayern players present
the championship shield.
Alstom orders another 200 rail engines
Saving space: With their compact
dimensions and low weight, the MAN engines
can be accommodated on the railcar roof.
THE RUSSIAN TRANSPORT COMPANY
Neotrans uses long-distance coaches of
the MAN Lions Regio type to carry em-
ployees of Russias largest coal producer,
Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK), to
coal mines in the west Siberian town
Kemerovo and its vicinity. Quality, safe-
ty and reliability are core values of our
company, and the MAN buses set stand-
ards in all of these areas. Being selected
by a well-known industrial company like
SUEKas a transport services provider has
further substantiated our decision to
choose MAN, said Sergey Verzhbitsky,
Managing Director Neotrans, on the
occasion of vehicle delivery. Featuring
either two or three axles, the MAN Lions
Regio buses offer room for up to 63 pas-
sengers and are powered by an MAN D20
Common Rail diesel engine with 310 hp.
MAN delivers buses to Siberia
For miners: MAN Lions Regio buses
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AS OF 1 JANUARY 2016, Tier III, the next
level of emission regulations for marine
diesel engines issued by the International
Maritime Organisation (IMO), goes into
effect. MANDiesel &Turbo already owns the
expertise and the technology such as
exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) and selective
catalytic reduction(SCR) tocomply withthe
strict rules for nitric oxide emissions. MAN
Diesel &Turbo has already itted the Danish
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EMERGENCY VEHICLES
Vienna relies on MAN
Handover: Managing Director Dr Ludwig
Richard (left) and Technical Director Johann Strasser (right)
take delivery of the buses from Peter Blaha of MAN (centre).
FOR THE FOURTH TIME insuccession, MANhas become market leader inRussia among
truck manufacturers from the EU. According to statistics from the Russian institute
Evitos-Inform, MAN achieved a top market share of around 22% in the year 2013, with
6,435 out of the total of 29,300 newly licensed trucks over six metric tons. Municipal
vehicles and special vehicles make up a large proportion of this market share. In
Moscow, 260 new MAN TGL tow-away vehicles went into service in February. With a
loading crane that can be extended to a length of 10 metres and a sliding platform, each
one can tow away a vehicle weighing up to ive metric tons.
MAN is market leader in Russia
Tow-away duties: In Moscow, the new
MAN TGLs will keep the streets clear.
Pioneer: the freighter Petunia
Seaways already meets the strict
emission standards of Tier III.
The German disaster management agency
relies on special all-wheel vehicles from
MAN. The Federal Ministry of the Interior is
putting 164 MAN TGMs with double crew
cabs for human decontamination purposes
into service. In addition, there are 119 hose-
laying vehicles, which can transport long
hose lines for major fire-fighting operations
or after flooding. The first emergency vehi-
cles have already been delivered to disaster
management authorities in Bonn.
DR. RICHARD, A TRANSPORT COMPANY based in
Austria, took delivery of 64 MAN Lions City mu-
nicipal buses inEuro 6 versionfor its Vienna lines.
The low-loor buses offer roomfor 87 passengers
and are equipped with wheelchair accommoda-
tion, air conditioning anda passenger information
system. The drive is provided by a 320 hp engine
and a six-gear automated transmission system
fromZF. Twoadditional MANbuses will be usedon
routes with narrow or winding streets. Decisive
factors for Dr. Richard were the price-beneit ratio
and lowfuel consumption of the MANbuses.
freighter Petunia Seaways with an SCR sys-
tem, therefore complying withTier III limits:
Nitric oxides in the exhaust have been
reduced by more than80%. Back in2012, the
company had received its irst order for an
EGR system for a container ship of the
Maersk Line. MAN Diesel & Turbo is also
meeting the challenge of Tier III with dual-
fuel engines, for example, whichcanbe pow-
ered by clean-combusting gas as well as with
heavy oil. MAN considers emission regula-
tions an innovative inspiration in the
development of maritime technologies.
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KEOLIS SVERIGE AB is enlarging its Stockholmleet with the addition of 181 MANLions City
municipal buses. The order from the Swedish transport company comprises 52 hybrid buses,
127 articulated buses with CNG (compressed natural gas) and diesel drive, as well as two MAN
Lions City Mvehicles. All vehicles meet Euro 6 requirements, the strictest exhaust standards
to date, and are a very ecological means of transport. The MANLions City Hybrid, for example,
reduces diesel consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 30%. Another advantage of the hybrid
buses is reduced noise. When leaving the bus stop, the bus relies entirely on the electrical drive,
while the diesel engine kicks in a few hundred metres later. With its 52 new additions, Stock-
holmnow owns the largest leet of MANhybrid buses in the world.
181 buses for Stockholm
TURKMEN OIL and Gas Construction has
ordered 61 all-terrain MAN TGS vehicles, be-
coming a irst-time customer of MAN trucks.
The heavy dumper trucks feature 360 hp
engines and a permissible overall weight
of 33 metric tons. With two power-driven rear
axles and designed as all-wheel vehicles, they
are particularly suitable for use in heavy trac-
tion operations. In western Turkmenistan,
they are deployed for building roads while
developing sites for oil and gas production.
The vehicles are equipped for extreme weath-
er conditions, as summer temperatures in
Turkmenistan can reach around 60C.
MAN began delivery of the of froad
vehicles in May 2014. The local importing
company manages the servicing of the leet
in Turkmenistan. The rapid access to work-
shop services and a supply of spare parts in
this remote region played a decisive part
in the decision of Turkmen Oil and Gas
Construction to choose MAN.
THE MAN SERVICE QUALITY AWARD was
awarded to the staff of the Auto Hrvatska PSC
Slavonski Brodservice centre inCroatia, which
was recognised as the Best MAN Workshop
2013/2014. Places two and three went to the
MAN service centre in Bavarias Rosenheim
and MANs partner workshop Andreas Trger
GmbH, based in Saalfeld, Thuringia. The win-
ners came out on top after competing against
800teams fromall over the world. Taking part
inthe contest required that participants dem-
onstrated their practical and theoretical skills
inautomotive technology, customer manage-
ment and commercial practice in several
rounds and over the course of an entire year.
The 21 best workshop staff were invited to the
Working in
ferocious heat
The worlds best MAN workshop
Ecological pioneer: Stockholm
owns the worlds largest
fleet of MAN hybrid buses.
First place: The Auto Hrvatska PSC Slavonski Brod
service centre is the Best MAN Workshop 2013/2014.
inals inBerlin. MANhas bestowedthe Service
Quality Award on the best service teamsince
2008. In total, 60% of all MAN workshops
worldwide had entered the contest this year
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Robust dumper: Featuring two powered rear axles, the
MAN TGS WW truck is especially suitable for deployment
as a heavy-duty traction vehicle.
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F
rom25 September to2 October, the
international world of commercial
vehicles will meet once again at
the 2014 IAA Commercial Vehicles
trade fair in Hanover. At this lead-
ing exhibition for mobility, trans-
port and logistics, MAN Truck & Bus offers an
innovative presentationspread over anarea of
nearly 10,000 square metres.
Visitors to the IAAwill ind the full model
range from the brand world of MAN Truck &
Bus displayed in Hall 12. The MANexhibit was
redesigned and is now easily recognisable
even from a distance due to a white brand
line. The different brands and segments are
clearly arranged in separate areas, transport-
ing customers to distinct worlds with elabo-
rate settings that highlight the strengths and
versatile uses of MANvehicles.
In addition to three vehicles of the high-
end TGX D38 model, show attendees can
survey a total of 11 truck models, including the
MAN TGS WWespecially designed for the ex-
port market. The area dedicated to buses fea-
tures an MANLions Coach and three variants
of the MANLions City namely a CNGnatural
gas, a hybrid and a Euro 6 diesel version. The
travel coach brand NEOPLAN is represented
by the Skyliner, Cityliner and Jetliner models.
At the centre of the trade exhibit is a display
showcasing the range of MAN engines. MAN
Latin America will also attend the event in
Hanover, accompanied by two trucks of the
Constellation class and a VWVolksbus. Along-
side the products, visitors can also obtain in-
formation on the services offered by MAN.
MAN Bus
The bus sector presents the
MAN Lions City in natural gas, hybrid
and Euro 6 variants for urban and
short-distance transport, as well as
the MAN Lions Coach for tourist and
long-distance travel.
MAN Truck, Traction
Whether utilised for the transport of
heavy loads or on construction sites,
MAN vehicles for traction transport
will master every challenge.
MAN Truck, Long-Distance Transport
MANs TGX and TGX EfficientLine
series offer powerful traction units for
the long haul. A TGL tarpaulin-sided
vehicle is also on display.
Stage
On a stage with LED
background projection,
IAA visitors can
experience shows,
presentations and
lectures.
The 2014 IAA Commercial Vehicles trade fair is the highlight of the year.
MAN Truck & Bus will present its complete range of vehicles
and brands in Hanover, including the new top truck model TGX D38.
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NEOPLAN
NEOPLANs Skyliner,
Cityliner and Jetliner models
combine comfort and
efficiency in premium-class
travel coaches.
Service
At the centre of the IAA show stand,
customers can receive tailored
information about the services offered
by MAN including MAN Solutions,
Modification and the Customer Centres.
MAN Latin America
Represented by Constellation-
class trucks and a Volksbus,
MAN Latin America is also part
of MANs presence.
Engines
Visitors interested in technical
aspects can inspect the latest
MAN engines with state-of-the-
art Euro 6 technology, as well
as other Euro 5 engines.
MAN world premiere
Different versions of the new
high-end model are presented
right next to the main stage:
three MAN TGX D38 vehicles.
Innovations
In this area, MAN exhibits
innovations and novelties
from the truck sector.
MAN Truck, Distribution
Designed for distribution purposes,
vehicles of the TGS, TGM and TGL
series are the ideal solution for
transport and logistics in urban areas
and regional traffic.
MAN AT THE 2014 IAA, HALL 12
Driving the Future
SEPTEMBER 25 OCTOBER 02, 2014
HANNOVER
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hat engine of mine is still mak-
ing considerable progress.
When Rudolf Diesel contem-
plated his masterpiece made possible by
MAN back in 1895, his invention was barely
three years old. He could not have known that
his statement would still ring true in the
21st century. And its lasting validity will be
proven once again, when MAN Truck & Bus
displays its century-old engine competence to
an expert audience at the IAA in Hanover, the
worlds largest and most important trade
show for commercial vehicles.
Before appearing at trade fairs and even-
tually entering the market, the successors of
Rudolf Diesel bundle drive technologies and
progress at MANs Engine Competence Cen-
tres in Nuremberg, Germany, and Steyr, Aus-
tria. They develop diesel and gas engines with
a performance range of 150 to 1,800 hp, which
are intended for either MANs commercial
vehicles or are fitted in road and rail vehicles,
yachts and work boats, power generators or
combined heat and power plants, as well as
construction equipment and agricultural
machinery. The foundation is a basic engine
for many applications for each designated
utilisation. It is the starting point for devel-
oping the MAN engine series with four- and
six-cylinder engines for road vehicles, as well
as its eight and 12-cylinder engines for agri-
cultural machinery, trains, yachts, work
boats and its diesel and gas units for power
generation and successfully launched on the
For more than a century,
expertise and innovational
strength have been at the
core of MANs engine
development with key
technologies paving the way
for powerful and highly
efficient machines. As for
buses and coaches, MAN
offers the right drive
system for every demand
ranging from diesel to
hybrid technology and also
natural gas.
Vehicles with a biogas drive can lower
CO2 emissions by up to 95 percent as
compared with buses powered by diesel.
- 95 %
CO2 EMISSIONS
Focus on gas: Buses with natural gas drives benefit the
environment. In addition, the required infrastructure is
also growing. The images show the MAN Lions City C LE
CNG (left) and its drive, the E2876 recumbent underfloor
rear-mounted engine (above).
market with as many identical components
as possible, says Walter Gotre, who works at
MANs Nuremberg Engine Competence
Centre as Head of Engine Performance &
Emissions. For the 59-year-old engineer,
research and development are not an end
unto themselves. The central focus of devel-
opment is the benefit to our customers,
which signifies the highest expectations in
terms of economy and reliability, says Gotre.
The common rail injection used by all
diesel engines built by MAN Truck & Bus is
one of the shared factors. It involves injecting
the fuel at a pressure of up to 2,500 bar into
the individual cylinders at precisely defined
times to achieve atomisation. In all the new
Euro 6 engine series, SCR (Selective Catalytic
Reduction) technology is used for exhaust
treatment, in combination with exhaust gas
recycling that is steplessly regulated. This
combination results in highly efficient en-
gines with low fuel consumption.
THE LATEST HYBRID TECHNOLOGY also helps
to economise. City traffic entails quite a lot
of stopping and starting manoeuvres and of-
fers ideal conditions for utilising braking
power, explains Thomas Achenbach, Head of
Hybrid Engines in Nuremberg. In MANs low-
floor Lions City bus, an optimised D08 diesel
engine therefore drives a high-performance
generator, which supplies the needed power
to the two electrical engines. In addition, the
electrical engines are connected to the high-
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The central focus
of development
is the benefit to
our customers.
Walter Gotre, Head of Engine Performance &
Emissions at MAN
to be the fuel of the future. Today, munici-
pal bus companies that can rely on an exist-
ing infrastructure for a steady supply of
natural gas are already frequently turning to
natural gas engines as an environmentally
friendly, economical and sustainable alterna-
tive. The diesel engine will not remain the
only drive of commercial vehicles in future.
Dependi ng on each appl i cation and
basic parameters, other drives will become
Fuel saver: As the MAN Lions City Hybrid (above) saves up to
30% diesel and CO2, it contributes to environmental conservation in
many urban areas today. In the bus, the standing D0836 diesel unit
(centre) drives the generator for the two electrical engines (below).
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performance capacitors of the electrical stor-
age systems 12 ultracap modules. When
operating in the inner cities, our engines
must be designed to handle at least two mil-
lion starting-and-stopping cycles, explains
Achenbach. For us in development, this
means high demands on the mechanical sys-
tems, the bearings and the oil supply. Every-
thing must be tailored to these speciic re-
quirements, while still remaining affordable
in the end. As a result, fuel and CO2 savings
in the hybrid engine drive amount to as much
as 30%compared with conventional buses.
YET COMBUSTION ENGINES using other fuels
also have future potential. MANs researchers
in Nuremberg continue to work on running
diesel engines on BTL (Biomass To Liquid)
fuels. Sourced from a basis of biological sub-
stances, these synthetic fuels burn very
cleanly, and experts actually consider them
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chamber at high pressure. The ignition of the
natural gas is not triggered by a spark plug,
but results from the slight quantity of diesel
fuel which is injected along with it. Due to
the high compression ratio, this method
could achieve fuel consumption similar to
that of a diesel engine, predicts Knorr.
DUE TO THE VARIETY OF ITS DRIVES, MAN
offers the right solution for every require-
ment. Alternative and innovative drive sys-
tems, such as diesel-electric hybrid drives
and natural gas engines, will have a sustain-
able impact on the future of local transport.
The wide range of MANs engine portfolio has
the right product to suit every customer.
So what would Rudolf Diesel have thought
of it? Perhaps he might repeat his original
comment: That engine of mine is still mak-
ing considerable progress.
More information about MAN buses and
coaches at the IAAmay be foundat > www.man.eu
established as well. This also includes the
natural gas drive, which will be used along-
side hybrid or, respectively, electrical drives,
explains Herbert Knorr of MANs Alternative
Fuels research department. MAN has been
accumulating experience with gas drives for
40 years, and is the worlds market leader for
CNG, or compressed natural gas, technology.
Herbert Knorrs development team i n
Nuremberg has put a 310-hp natural gas
turbo engine in a Euro 6 version for munici-
pal buses on the road, which in some cases
falls signiicantly below the stringent Euro 6
regulations for exhaust emissions. Knorr
sees further potential for the future in anoth-
er reduction of fuel consumption by natural
gas engines by recycling the cooled ex-
haust, for example, which could make the
mixture of natural gas, air and waste gas con-
siderably more knock-proof and therefore
more economical. Another option that we
might try to implement would be to blow the
natural gas directly into the combustion
Maximum efficiency: With a length of 18 metres,
the MAN Lions City G bus offers a very high
passenger capacity. The articulated bus is powered
by a recumbent D2066 diesel engine (above).
By utilising braking power, hybrid buses
like the Lions City Hybrid can cut fuel
consumption by as much as 30 percent.
- 30 %
DIESEL AND CO2
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Teamwork: While football star Sebastian Kehl
manoeuvres the new BVB coach into a parking
slot, Christian Schulz offers some useful tips.
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earing the demeanour
of serene nonchalance,
SebastianKehl squeez-
es inbehindthe steering wheel. The 34-year-old
team captain of Borussia Dortmund sounds
confident: Myexperience shouldmake the dif-
ference. In contrast, 21-year-old Jonas Hof-
mann, the teams young midfield star, appears
a little nervous as he climbs into the team
coach. In a team-only duel on asphalt, the two
Borussia Dortmund players competed against
eachother inthe newand old teamcoaches. As
SebastianKehl wonthe toss, he got toenjoy the
newcoach. After they had competed in the dis-
ciplines of slalomandreverse parking, the score
stood at a 2-2 draw thus calling for extra time
and the challenge to imitate a rallying cry on
the horn. Jonas Hofmann summoned all his
rhythmic talent andactually coaxeda recogniz-
able Lets Go! fromthe coach. And Sebastian
Kehl? He grinnedat least as widelyas if just hav-
ing scored a winning goal, tapped lightly on a
lever attached to the steering wheel and the
resulting fanfare resounded with the Heja
BVB evergreen melody.
Hopefully Sebastian wont be competing
for my job, joked Christian Schulz after the
Most of Germanys Bundesliga clubs and several Champions League teams
travel on team coaches made by MAN. Why do the football stars appreciate
their rides? Here is an array of good reasons.
Professionals
drive MAN
fun contest, held on the occasion of officially
handing over a new MAN coach to Borussia
Dortmund. The 43-year-old driver has chauf-
feured the football stars to their matches for
the last three years and shuttling a rather val-
uable cargo for that matter: The market value
of Dortmunds professional teamhas beenes-
timated at around 300 million. Yet it is not
the only reason why Schulz is so distinctly
aware of his responsibilities. Its my job to get
the teamto their destination safely and in the
Luxury on wheels: Features of
the new BVB coach include a
real wooden floor and
top-quality leather seats.
We are the premier
supplier worldwide
for top-class sports.
Patrick Eble, Team Leader for Sponsoring and Events at MAN
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Germanys Champions League teams
such as Borussia Dortmund and Bayern
Mnchen cover thousands of kilometres
every year in their team coaches all
across Germany and Europe.
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most comfortable way possible, he says. The
Dortmund native loves his new workstation:
The predecessor was already fabulous, but
what MAN has delivered this time around is
fantastic. The 480-hp MAN Lions Coach L
represents the top class of the road a team
cabinonwheels, with every comfort imagina-
ble. Plush and lexibly adjustable leather seats
provide utter relaxation on any journey. The
three LCD monitors show movies or reports
from the days games. On the drive home,
the lads like to watch the recap of matches,
says Schulz. The onboard SAT systemrenders
it possible. There is also a DVDplayer, a sound
system, a multimedia systemcapable of video
presentations and a WLAN router. Fixtures
such as a fully automated coffee machine or
refrigerator are a given. The most popular
spots on the coach are the two groups of four
seats around a table, where the footballers
like to play cards. Naturally a fervent BVB fan,
the driver inds it somewhat disconcerting
that some of his passengers have turned to
the hearty Bavarian game of Schakopf. Even
Marcel Schmelzer plays it, and hes fromEast
Germany! Has it escaped the notice of train-
er Jrgen Klopp and sport director Michael
Zorc, who occupy seats 2 and 3 in the front
row, that serious cultural iniltration is in full
swing behind their backs?
MAN provides the means of transport to
the Bundesliga stars. What began in 2008
witha sponsorship of FCBayernMnchenun-
derwent continuous expansion. Hamburger
SV, Borussia Mnchengladbach, VfL Wolfs-
burg and Borussia Dortmund were the next
clubs to rely on MAN with another seven
Bundesliga teams also relying on MANcoach-
es. Its a similar picture on the international
stage: Paris Saint-Germain is an oficial part-
ner, as are AC Milan and FC Barcelona, joined
by 15 top-league teams in Brazil, plus Brazils
national team, which all appreciate the amen-
ities offered by MANvehicles. As Patrick Eble,
Sponsoring and Events TeamLeader at MAN,
comments with some pride: We are the pre-
mier supplier worldwide for top-class sports.
Our partnerships make an important contri-
bution to the positive perception of MANas a
strong brand.
The MAN Lions Coaches serving the
Champions League teams travel roughly
60,000 kilometres per year in Germany and
Europe. And they are publicity on wheels for
both the team and for MAN. For instance,
while Borussia driver Christian Schulz was
driving to a group match against FC Shakhtar
Donetsk, in the heart of the Ukraine, a local
radio stationstopped himand asked for anin-
terview. And what does he recall as his inest
hour? Deinitely the trip back to the hotel
from Berlins Olympic Stadium, after our 5-2
victory in the 2012 Cup Final against Bayern
Mnchen. The jubilant fans, the singing play-
ers I had tears in my eyes.
Times have changed, however. Anyone
heading to Munich after the Bayern victory
over Dortmund in the 2013 Champions
League Final at the Allianz Arena was met by
a gigantic banner on the outskirts of town,
reading, Welcome to the city of the Very
Best! Driving home froma match in Munich,
Christian Schulz steers his team coach onto
the motorway in the opposite direction. As
long as hes driving an MAN coach, however,
hes certainly on the right course.
A making of report on the BVB duel is
available at > www.man.eu/discovermanbvbduel
Luxury decor: In its interior,
the team coach of Paris Saint-Germain
also gleams in club colours.
Watch a video of
Sebastian Kehl and Jonas
Hofmann in the BVB team
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Transport for stars: The players of Paris
Saint-Germain arrive in their MAN team
coach to make a red-carpet appearance.
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nce the signal turns green, we
are on our way. Yet just 100 me-
tres further on, the next trafic
light already awaits. And this time, it is a red
one. Klaus-Dieter Habedank is quite relaxed as
he sits behind the wheel. His truck approaches
the signal at a speed of 40kilometres per hour.
The signal then changes to green. Since
Habedanks truck receives information from
trafic lights, the vehicle can calculate the
speed likely to catch the green wave. What a
Within the framework of
the UR:BAN project, MAN
developers are working to
make city driving safer and
more eficient. Essential
elements are innovative
driver assistance and trafic
management systems for
trucks and buses.
Almost reality: In the simulator, study
participants experience how assistance
systems like the green wave assistant
could facilitate driving in the future.
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great driving experience, says Habedank, a
professional truck driver since 1971. Moving so
easily through an urban setting is certainly
not a commonplace experience for him es-
pecially considering that he is not even de-
pressing the accelerator.
Then the tour comes to an end. A white
screenappears where Habedank hadjust faced
the roadandits trafic a moment ago. His driv-
ers seat actually sits onthe premises of MANs
research department in Munich. The green
Looking out for the
future ah ead
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We induce traffic
lights to communicate
with vehicles.
Andreas Zimmermann, expert on human-machine interface
Test situation: Sonja Stockert of the Munich University
of Applied Sciences fits the test person with special glasses
to record his viewing direction.
wave andcommunications betweentruck and
trafic lights are visions for the future
brought tolife bya deceptivelyreal simulation.
RESEARCHING URBAN TRANSPORT of tomor-
row, making it safe, eficient and especially
a continuously moving low has become an
important undertaking and research project
called UR:BAN for MAN and its coopera -
tion with 31 companies, universities, research
institutions andmetroareas. Launchedin2012
future ah ead
The German Federal
Ministry for Economic
Affairs and Energy is
a significant supporter
of the UR:BAN project.
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and designed to run for four years, the re-
searchproject has receivedsigniicant support
fromGermanys Federal Ministry for Econom-
ic Affairs and Energy. This year is the halfway
mark, andthe irst result renderedby MANde-
velopers are quite impressive.
THE TEAM OF DEVELOPERS from the Engi-
neering Research Electronics department at
MANs facilities in Munich is led by Karlheinz
Drner. An electronics engineer and control
technology expert, he joined MAN back in
1998. He irst worked inadvance development
and then became a department head respon-
sible for driver-assistance systems and elec-
tronics thus bringing a wealth of experience
to the UR:BANproject. We are simultaneous-
ly working onthe sub-areas NetworkedTrafic
System, Cognitive Assistance and Human
Factors in Trafic. The principal focus of our
researchis always onthe driver. That includes
the delay and green wave assistant, for in-
stance, which professional truck driver and
study participant Klaus-Dieter Habedank has
just been testing in a prototype version. The
developers put one of the most important top-
ics for commercial vehicles on their agenda:
The focus of our
research is always
on the driver.
Karlheinz Drner, head of the Engineering Research
Electronics division at MAN
reducing fuel consumption. This includes the
avoidance of unnecessary stops and starts, by
integrating the prognosis for switching times
and stopping points at trafic lights. Andreas
Zimmermann, responsible for one of the
UR:BAN sub-projects, describes it as a com-
plex process: We induce trafic lights to com-
municate with the vehicle via mobile phone
or WLAN. Based on that data exchange, our
control equipment calculates the driving
strategy best suited to take optimised advan-
tage of the green wave, summarises the elec-
tronics engineer. At some point, this strategy
should result in real savings, considering that
frequent stop-and-start driving in urban traf-
ic often defeats the high eficiency rate of
modern commercial vehicles. A study on the
eficiency of commercial vehicles issued by
the GermanAssociationof the Automotive In-
dustry (VDA) conirms that just two stops per
kilometre will triple the fuel consumption of
a fully loaded 40-metric-ton vehicle.
Both the simulator and a ield-trials track
in Dsseldorf provide signiicant insights for
the project. Receiving feedback from drivers
is just as important for the researchers as it is
for the drivers themselves. I greatly enjoy
A total of 31 companies, universities,
cities and research institutes are
cooperating in the UR:BAN project.
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PARTNERS
Looking at results: Walter Schwertberger (right)
and Michael Reule (left) examine the images of
the Bird View camera in the test bus. Researcher in motion:
Karlheinz Drner
likes cycling from his
office to the test track.
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working with the researchers and developers
from MAN and the university, says Klaus-
Dieter Habedank. I ind that despite all the
cabling, driving in the simulator seems
almost real. Therefore, I can judge rather ef-
fectively which new systems are designed to
make life easier for the driver, or where they
might be optimised.
Situation-sensitive driver support is also
at the centre of the UR:BAN Cognitive Assis-
tance sub-project. Through integrated cam-
era systems, the driver should be enabled to
view the entire immediate vicinity of the ve-
hicle on a monitor when necessary. Here, the
researchers are using municipal buses as an
example for investigating different types of
display. In their working environment, bus
drivers ind themselves facing special chal-
lenges, explains project director Walter
Schwertberger. These primarily include bus
stops, pedestrian and cyclist crossings, nar-
rowing of roads, oncoming trafic and lane
changes. Seeking to provide a more compre-
hensive view, the researchers are looking into
rendering the immediate surroundings from
a virtual birds eye perspective. To this end,
they work with a so-called Bird View system,
Eberhard Hipp, Head of Research
at MAN, on innovations for urban
traffic in the future
How can driver-assistance systems in-
crease the efficiency and safety of
commercial vehicles in urban traffic?
We focus on networking the informa-
tion not available to the driver, such as
the switching rhythms of traffic lights
or the most-current traffic disruptions.
As assistance systems process infor-
mation like this in real time, they can
respond more presciently than the
driver, warn of critical situations, or
even intervene automatically.
How significant are the UR:BAN
project results for MAN customers?
It is our goal to use innovative systems
and new technologies to analyse the
increasingly complex traffic conditions
surrounding the vehicle. On this basis,
we hope to develop practical, con-
sumption-optimised driving strategies
and support drivers as best we can.
That is our contribution to more effi-
ciency and safety in road traffic.
The entire interview is posted at
> www.man.eu/discovermanurban
Milestones for
urban traffic
which was installed in a city bus. Six cameras
attached along the length of the vehicle
deliver images for 360-degree detection,
which are computer-processed to yield an
overall image of the vehicle and its immedi-
ate surroundings.
Much fundamental work is needed before
such an idea can evolve into an application
ready for serial production. Where are the
best camera positions, which perspective is
needed to get a realistic image of an obstacle?
Howcandynamic angle changes that occur in
articulated buses, for instance, be relected
accurately? In this phase of the project, we are
primarily dealing with many questions,
states Karlheinz Drner. While looking for an-
swers, his teamis supported by MANexperts
and its project partners at the University of
Applied Sciences. Provided that the project
appears promising, research results can irst
enter advanced and later serial development.
THE RESEARCHERS are well aware that
technology is only as effective as its utilisa-
tion in real life. Despite all the possibilities of
intelligent automation as it pertains to driv-
ing operations, human behaviour still plays a
key role. As a doctoral candidate at Munichs
University of Applied Sciences, Sonja Stockert
is part of the UR:BANHuman Factors in Traf-
ic sub-project. Here the media IT specialist
is focusing on the interaction of humans and
machines, to bring about a relaxed, eficient
and safe tour through urban trafic for the
driver. One of the 33 test drivers is Harald
Rauschmayr. In his part-time job as a transfer
driver for trucks, the 53-year-old civil servant
has regularly participated in the simulator
tests for the last four years: Its a great feel-
ing to contribute my experiences as a truck
driver to the development of new vehicle
technology. From Sonja Stockerts point of
view, driver feedback is essential: Nobody
knows better than these professionals what
information they need while on the road,
she explains. Thus, research retains a practi-
cal orientation for the beneit of those who
will be applying the results.
Find more information on the UR:BAN
project at > www.urban-online.org/en
Birds-eye perspective: The monitor offers
drivers a comprehensive view of the vehicles
immediate vicinity, from above and in 3D.
Find a video interview
with Eberhard Hipp on
the app.
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Turn
Spa treatment for machinery:
Old engines (left) are salvaged
by MAN in Nuremberg and
conditioned into fully functional
replacement engines (right).
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into
An MAN replacement part offers the same quality as a new one, and with it
comes the same MAN guarantee. At the Nuremberg plant, previously used parts are
processed according to strict quality criteria. The outcome of this rejuvenation
process is a top-quality original part that protects the environment and cuts costs.
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lancing over the piece num-
bered 51.06500-6089, we
cant help but notice its
rather lamentable condi-
tion: dirty, scratched and
with traces of rust. Until just recently, the part
had faithfully performed its duty in an MAN
truck, until its host after having delivered
more than a million kilometres over a decade
had been overcome by crankshaft demise. So
onto the scrap heap? Perhaps intimes gone by.
Today, all parts with remaining functionality
are refurbished and prepared for a new lease
on life. Technical developments and further
advancements are taken into account during
the process of adaptation, which is referred to
as remanufacturing. So part number 6089 a
used cooling-water pump is scheduled to un-
dergo this process. Following the rejuvenation
cure, the new ecoline number 9089 will find
itself fully functional and installed in a replace-
ment engine.
While waiting for remanufacturing to be-
gin, the cooling water pump is housed in a
workshop facility that is situated on the huge
grounds of the Engine Competence Centre of
MANTruck &Bus inNuremberg. With anarea
covering 350,000 square metres, the site
could accommodate 50 football fields. E1 is
written in large letters over the gates. Inside
the hall, parts such as our water pump are
subjected to a thorough cleansing. They are
first taken apart, then cleaned in a wash sys-
tem, sand-blasted and repainted with some
parts being subject to rejection. After clean-
ing, you can tell what is still re-usable,
explains Georg Kugler, 61, Head of Hot Testing
and Replacement Parts at MAN in Nurem-
berg. We closely inspect the parts for wear
and tear as wel l as material fatigue.
For Kugler, maximum quality is the sole
Parts are closely
inspected for wear
and tear as well as
material fatigue.
Georg Kugler, Head of Hot Testing and Replacement
Parts, MAN Nuremberg
benchmark. In 2013, his teamturned out 780
engines, with 11,325 other spare parts sent
over to MANs stock depot in Dachau, near
Munich. Replacement parts are subject to the
same guarantees as new parts, so quality
standards are extremely stringent.
After processing, the replacement parts
are stored away or shipped to where they are
needed. All the refurbished parts required for
replacement engines remain in Nuremberg,
where they are directly installed in the
engines. One example is the assembly line
for the types D20/D26: Working in two shifts,
260 employees can assemble up to 22 engines
anhour. Softly humming conveyor belts carry
the newand replacement engines to the work-
station, lined up like a string of pearls. The
atmosphere is as clean as the light-grey floor,
with the sense of concentration at different
manufacturing stations almost tangible. With
practice and skill, the technicians assemble
everything the way it ought to be. How to tell
the difference between new units and a
replacement engine? Only through the part
number, says Peter Tscharntke, Section Head
Segment 2, as this assembly line is called.
When a replacement engine has reached the
end of the line, it must still surmount one last
hurdle: functional testing. During hot tests,
the engine will run for half an hour on the test
bed under different stress levels.
WORKING AT MAN IN MUNICH, Stefan Ott is
Project Director and responsible for the new
MANGenuine Parts ecoline product series. As
far as he is concerned, the future began three
years ago when the spare parts business was
elevated to Top Tenstatus inthe MANGroups
corporate objectives. Re-using and refurbish-
ing previously used parts saves resources and
cuts down on energy usage, he says. And
The remanufacturing process: 1 Employees at
the Nuremberg plant sort disassembled parts
before the first cleaning. 2 Dirt and grease are
removed from the individual parts, both
through a wash system and by hand. 3 Before
being processed by the sand-blaster, traces of
rust are still clearly visible. 4 An MAN employee
determines the exact measurements of specific
pre-used components.
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In 2013, 616 truck engines and 164 bus
engines were refurbished at MANs plant
in Nuremberg.
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Currently, around 1,800 replacement
parts can be ordered from MAN.
This portfolio will be extended to more
than 3,000 part numbers by 2016.
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because fewer newparts need to be produced,
emissions are also reduced. Customers such
as Deutsche Bahn and municipal transport
companies specifically demand this kind of
thing. This is the ecological aspect in the
ecoline series. Thus, ecoline also facilitates
MANs Corporate Responsibility strategy and
greatly contributes to protecting the environ-
ment while supporting sustainable mobility.
The focus is on vehicles that are four years old
or older, which generally account for 70% to
80% of a vehicle fleet. This is where MANs
ecoline approach first takes hold, as there are
many good arguments for customers in
favour of this seasoned material: A replace-
ment part fromMANhas the same quality as
a new one, it is manufactured to the same
specifications as the original component, and
MAN offers the identical warranties. And all
this comes at a rate of up to 50% less than the
cost of a new part. Shorter downtime, with
replacement rather than repairs, is another
advantage of the ecoline approach. Primarily,
however, installing original MAN parts
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Find additional photos
of engine reconditioning in
Nuremberg on the app.
Conditioning
used parts saves
resources and
cuts energy usage.
Stefan Ott, Project Manager,
MAN Genuine Parts ecoline
adds value to the vehicle. Thus, ecoline
also denotes the concept of economical.
There are several good reasons why custom-
ers make a conscious decision to choose
MANGenuine Parts ecoline.
AT MAN, EVERY REPLACEMENT PART in-
cludes a deposit system: When a customer
purchases an ecoline cooling water pump
from the MAN workshop, for example, a
markup of 10%to 15%is added to the purchas-
ing price. Upon returning the used original
part, the deposit is returned. The used compo-
nent is sent to Salzgitter in Lower Saxony, the
central returns plant for anything recyclable,
and is then passed on to the expert techni-
cians for further processing. Anything to do
with engines ends up in Nuremberg.
MAN Genuine Parts ecoline is a major
project, which demands a vast amount of
logistical backup. There are plans to expand
the scope of its portfolio in coming years, with
a growing number of participating countries.
In 2013, the overall turnover of ecoline parts
amounted to 140 million. ecoline is one of
our most important topics, conirms Frantz
Perre, Head of After Sales at MAN Truck & Bus
France. Ever since the process was introduced
Ready for dispatch: Both the new and reconditioned engines sit at MANs
Nuremberg plant, waiting for their assignment.
Equal treatment: During
final assembly, engines of
all ages are tested with
strict quality guidelines.
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in Germany, the programme became available
in17 Europeancountries. The planis a continu-
ous expansion to cover the remaining top 50
global markets.
MAN Genuine Parts ecoline is just a
small part of the overall portfolio of MANs
original component business. All original
parts are made to MANs stringent quality
guidelines that is, according to state-of-the-
art technology standards. In addition, they
come with a worldwide 12-month-guarantee
policy. In order to reduce downtime as far as
possible when a breakdown occurs, MANs
service centres usually have on average 8,000
original parts in stock even for older models
and special vehicles. In all, 95% of all original
parts are delivered to repair shops overnight.
MAN retains a total of 200,000 original
components for its customers, stored in sev-
eral central warehouses around the world.
Currently, MAN can offer about 1,800 num-
bers as replacement parts, while another 1,200
should be added by 2016. Naturally, ecoline
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portfolio range.
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Double-decker tourist buses are a common sight not just in
large cities like London or Paris. A growing number of smaller
towns are investing in the colourful eye-catchers, looking for
reliable carriers and environmentally friendly engines.
Town &
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riginally, 65-year-old Renate
van Groen had wanted to sit
on the lower deck to avoid
having her hair mussed up by
the wind. The fine views from
above and the warmspring sun appearing just
in time for setting off for a Dsseldorf sight-
seeing tour eventually did change her mind.
Renate and her husband, Theo, received the
tour as a gift fromtheir son and think it mar-
vellous that a city such as Dsseldorf, with a
population of just 600,000, boasts its own
sightseeing bus company. The city offers so
many smaller attractions that we never knew
about before, says Theo van Groen, who actu-
ally resides in Dsseldorf with his wife.
Whereas, in the past, sightseeing double-
deckers prowled only the meccas of tourism
such as London, Rome, Paris or Berlin in
recent years a growing number of smaller
cities have set up their own lines. The jazzy
vehicles are eye-catchers and therefore quite
popular with city marketing experts. Its
brightly painted bodywork is merely one
successful attribute of the double-decker. Just
as important is the invisible chassis that car-
ries the superstructure and is responsible for
safety, comfort and fuel consumption. That is
why sightseeing operators all over the world
trust in MANquality.
THE MAN A22 CHASSIS forms the core of
the Dsseldorf City Tour bus. In selecting the
chassis, we value driving comfort, low and
easy accessibility, easy maintenance and reli-
ability, explains Wolfgang Willms of Willms
Reisen, a tour operator. Because of inner-city
environmental zones, we are also reliant
upon minimal emissions, low fuel consump-
tion and quiet engines. The Euro 6 chassis
fromMAN, which forms the basis for Willms
buses, meets these requirements: We own 23
MAN double-deckers, and are very satisfied.
Customer service in particular is excellent,
says Willms. In order to offer passengers a
maximum level of comfort during the tour,
the buses can be equipped with numerous
refinements ranging from an on-board
The Willms Reisen company operates a
fleet of 23 double-deckers overall, five of
which run on the Dsseldorf city tours.
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Clean mobility: The Willms Reisen
sightseeing bus is based
on a Euro 6 chassis from MAN.
In city centres we
are reliant upon
minimal emissions
and quiet engines.
Wolfgang Willms, owner of Willms Reisen
Sunday outing: Renate and
Theo van Groen are
enjoying the sights in
Dsseldorf.
International sound: The audio system
describes the citys tourist attractions in
12 different languages.
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kitchen to detachable roof structures, spa-
cious toilets, powerful air conditioning and
even audio systems broadcasting in 12 differ-
ent languages.
MOUNTING THE BODYWORK onto the basic
chassis is a task for the body manufacturers,
who receive support from MAN engineers
during the construction phase. Every body
manufacturer receives a 350-page document
setting the guidelines for correct assembly. A
regular exchange of design drawings ensures
that the lofty superstructure will not impair
vehicle stability. Much attention is also paid
to ensure that chassis and bodywork dovetail
perfectly. Hence, the bodybuilders working
with MANcan accommodate almost any cus-
tomer preferences in terms of configuration.
Many operators wish to offer their passen-
gers something extraordinary. We do our
best to find the ideal solution for any ideas
suggested by our customers, while simulta-
neously adhering to mandatory safety stand-
ards, says Alexandre Lecompte, Head of
Sales at the Spanish body maker UNVI.
As drivers often find it a challenge to
thread their way through narrow city streets
with an oversized vehicle, it is even more im-
portant to make their workplace as comfort-
able as possible. The MAN A22 chassis is just
one example: coherently arranged operating
elements, user-friendly displays and an ergo-
nomic design of steering wheel and seat,
make touring more pleasant for the driver.
On request, MAN can equip workstations
with a multifunctional steering wheel
which enables a driver to control a wide range
of functions at the touch of a button, without
taking his or her hands off the wheel.
While the driver manoeuvres his double-
decker through Dsseldorf, passengers seat-
ed on the sunny upper deck admire the Rhine
River banks, the K Bridge, Burgplatz and the
ultra-modern architecture of the Media Port.
Wolfgang Willms has reason to celebrate the
tours popularity: Today, the upper deck is
completely full. And for good reason: A dou-
ble-decker simply offers the best kind of
sightseeing tour, as you get such a fabulous
view from upstairs, says Willms. Further-
more, you would never get to experience so
many sights in such a short time.
Enjoyable prospects: The bus not only
makes sightseeing comfortable,
it also offers passengers fabulous
views from the upper deck.
The MAN chassis forms the basis
for the safety, comfort and efficiency
of the sightseeing buses.
In selecting the
chassis, we value
both comfort
and reliability.
Wolfgang Willms, owner of Willms Reisen
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Taking pride in just a
Double? Who else but MAN.
Even without a repeat of last years Triple, we are proud to have carried FC Bayern Munich
and Borussia Dortmund to all this seasons games, and delighted to be doing the same next
season. We are already working on ways to make their journey through the excitement and
drama that lies ahead even more comfortable. By providing them with the world-class MAN
Lions Coach Supreme, we ensure that in between matches all the players need to do is lean
back and dream of a rematch at Wembley. Visit our website to see what the inside of a top-tier
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Any idle time of wind turbines on the high seas costs a
fortune. On the east coast of England, special ships
powered by 1,000-hp MAN engines carry service teams
and spare parts swiftly and reliably to their destination.
Offs hore
Floating maintenance service: The
Eden Rose heads for the Sheringham Shoal
wind park off the coast of England.
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ainted blue and white, the cata-
maran Tia Elizabeth leaves
Wells-next-the-Sea, a small tidal port on the
coast of Norfolk, a three-hour drive north of
London. The skipper takes advantage of the
morning tide, as putting out is not possible at
ebb tide. Arranged in a zigzag pattern, buoys
indicate the course to the open North Sea.
Discernible are a fewwalkers on the beach and
the colourful wooden cabins so typical of the
Norfolk coast. The Tia Elizabeth, however, is
not carrying holidaymakers but rather half a
dozen service technicians on their way to the
SheringhamShoal offshore wind park.
The Tia Elizabeth is one of three supply
ships operated by the offshore access compa-
ny Tidal Transit. With room for 12 passengers
plus crew, a length of 20.3 metres and a width
of eight metres, the boat was built at the
Mercurio Plastics shipyard in Spain and is a
typical specimen of its industry. The drive
comes from two MAN V12 engines, each with
an output of 1,019 hp. MAN manufactures
high-speed four-stroke diesel engines in
Nuremberg, which are geared towards
commercial shipping. Every year, the produc-
tion site builds 1,300 engines for ferries,
emergency service ships, tug boats and other
vessel classes.
The expansion of offshore wind energy
has resulted in a dedicated market for wind
park supply ships. Every day, Sheringham
Shoal sends as many as 36 service technicians
out to sea. The systems require regular main-
tenance, as any idle time of wind turbines
costs the operator a fortune. The turbine
gears are checked, the rotors examined for
cracks, the cables and lifts serviced. In
contrast with wind parks on land, however,
service staff cant reach assigned job sites in
their own service van or car, but instead need
to rely on the supply vessels. And these must
The first British offshore wind park
went online in 2001. Since 2008, the
UK has been offshore world champion
with 1,075 wind turbines.
WIND TURBINES
Altogether, the 22 British wind parks
have an output of 3.6 gigawatts
more than half of the offshore wind
energy generated worldwide.
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be exceptionally reliable, especially since the
boats cannot set out to sea injust any weather
conditions. This also has implications for
what customers expect from the engines,
explains Eugen Maier, the Area Sales Manager
at MANEngines Marine who is responsible for
the English market. Apart from focusing on
fuel consumption, operators are mainly
mindful of reliability and service.
In todays hazy weather, the first wind
turbines appear on the horizon after a one-
hour journey. The gigantic towers rise 80 me-
tres above the water, with every rotor blade
extending 52 metres in length. Way up above,
red cage platforms for service technicians are
mounted to the engine houses. There are
88 turbines arranged ina diamond formation,
each at a distance of around 500 metres from
the next. The SheringhamShoal wind park is
located about 17 kilometres fromthe English
coast and belongs to Scira Offshore Energy, a
joint venture of Statoil and Statkraft. Together,
the wind turbines can produce a total output
of 317 megawatts sufficient to supply over
200,000Britishhouseholds withgreenenergy.
IN THE CABIN BELOWDECK, Robert Pennock,
Ross Gordon and Kevin English sit on cush-
ioned individual seats at one of the tables,
drinking tea aboard the Tia Elizabeth. These
ships are comfortable after all, the techni-
cians should be rested when they reach their
destination. The men work for Siemens, the
turbine manufacturer, andare doing a routine
check of one of the gears. A second team on
board is responsible for maintaining the cable
winches and lifts inside the turbine masts.
Agreen light comes on in the cabin, the signal
for transfer. The team moves forward to the
bow of the ship, with heavy waterproof bags
already waiting for them. These hold tools,
spare parts and oil for the gears. Today the sea
Powerful and effective: The 1,019-hp engines from MAN must
be exceptionally reliable to cope with their daily deployment.
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Fasten your safety belts: Once
they have roped up, service workers
climb from the ship to a cage
platform at the foot of the turbine.
Climbing excursion: The
technicians mount the
turbine mast to carry out
maintenance at the top.
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pressing the bow of the ship against the plat-
formto facilitate the mens platformtransfer.
This puts the most strain on the engines,
says the skipper. Even at a speed of 20 knots,
the trip out here is trivial by comparison. Its
unusual that the engines must expel tonnes of
water behind them, without the boat moving
forward an inch.
MAN KNOWS ABOUT these requirements.
During the docking process, the boat is sub-
ject to powerful vibrations, explains Eugen
Maier of MANEngines Marine. During instal-
lation, the ships diesel engines must be set up
with highly elastic bearings, just as the ex-
haust. Eventhe engines ind the manoeuvres
a strain: These require almost maximum
torque, says Maier, and here we can refer to
previous experience. Weve long since en-
countered comparable challenges in the ferry
business. Ferries cant waste time either, and
they brake from 100 to zero or accelerate
quickly. Even docking is a similar operation.
The engines sit in the two hulls of the catama-
ran. Anarrowstairway leads downintothe en-
gine room, the walls are lined with an insula-
tion layer of shiny silver. The two four-stroke
high-speed MAN diesel engines are installed
in this tightly conined space, where one per-
soncanbarely squeeze past the light-grey ma-
chine. Such catamarans have very cramped
engine rooms, says Maier, but that actually
works to our advantage. The MANengines are
exceptionally compact and much more light-
weight than anything else on the market.
Throughout the afternoon, radio calls are
repeatedly received from service teams who
have inished their work on one of the tur-
bines. The Tia Elizabeth picks them up and
takes them to the next installation similar
to a kind of radio taxi. By evening, all the ser-
vice teams are back on board, and the ship
makes its way back to Wells-next-the-Sea.
Back in the harbour, a minibus already waits
to take the teams to company headquarters
in Egmere. Thus ends the mens 13-hour work
day. Tomorrow, they will be off again, catch-
ing the late-morning tide at 10.30 am.
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is calmand peaceful, so the transfer presents
no problems. In heavy winds and high water,
setting over is the most precarious part of
work. Eachwindturbine features access points
on two sides. The men rope up their landing
gear, step onto a ladder on the turbine mast
and climb a few metres to reach a cage plat-
form. Each of these manoeuvres is a delicate
operation for skipper Harry Getliffe. Anchor-
ing is out of the question, as it would damage
the cables below water. The bow is wide and
protected by heavy rubber cladding. While
these manoeuvres are referred to as bump
and jump in the industry, naturally no one
is supposed to do any jumping here. The ser-
vice team can safely make it across at a swell
of up to two metres. Getliffe steadily keeps
The MAN engines
are exceptionally
compact and much
more lightweight.
Eugen Maier, Area Sales Manager,
MAN Engines Marine
Precision work: The very
focused skipper Harry Getliffe
manoeuvres the Tia Elizabeth
through the wind park.
Stand-by position: Having completed their
work on the wind turbines, the service teams
will return to the Eden Rose.
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MAN MAGAZINE
Chrome ore from the mines of South Africa is in high
demand by the metal industry worldwide. MAN
trucks carry metric tons of the raw material from the
countrys north over a steep mountain pass to the
port of Richards Bay. On tour with the South African
logistics company Chrome Carriers.
Stopover: During his tour,
Michael Sipho takes
a break to pay a brief visit
to his sisters near Pongola.
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National Highway 2, a
spot somewhere between
Empangeni and Pongola.
After a few hundred me-
tres of densely planted woodland, a few huts
come into view at a crossroads. A telegraph
wire attached to an askew wooden mast spans
the wide and well-constructed road, a family
sits together under the shade of a tree. Michael
Sipho brings his MAN to a halt in the lay-by,
and turns on the hazard lights. Two girls in
brightly coloured dresses stand in the grass
alongside the road they were expecting him.
These are my sisters, says Michael. The
young driver has been working as a trucker for
three years and supports his parents and
siblings, who live here in a small village in the
east of the country. Its a good job, says the
29-year-old, who switched to a different em-
ployer just a few months ago. He now works
for the Chrome Carriers transport company
and steers a newMANtruck that he praises en-
thusiastically: As far as Imconcerned, MANis
number one!
FOR DECADES, South Africa has beenrecog-
nised as the economic development engine of
an entire continent. In the booming mining
industry, Chrome Carriers a subsidiary of the
Reinhardt Transport Group (RTG) evolved
into the largest private logistics partner of
mining enterprises. The companys depot sits
in the port of Richards Bay, in the province
of KwaZulu-Natal. Its 284 drivers transport
Heavy haulage: Michael Siphos truck is loaded up at the
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Filled up and ready to go: A driver signs his fuel
receipt, and accepts his vehicle for the next trip.
Black gold: Chrome ore from
South Africa is a raw
material much in demand.
chrome ore from the mines in the north of
the country to Richards Bay, where the min-
eral is then shipped to destinations all over
the world. On the way back, the trucks ill up
with coal or other bulk material needed to
process the ore. Following thorough practical
tests, the Chrome Carriers division partially
renewed its leet in 2012 and added 140 MAN
TGS trucks. Our decision to place that order
with MAN was very much based on the fact
that the vehicles suffered absolutely no
technical defects after more than200,000kil-
ometres of continuous operation. Other
factors determining our choice of supplier
were the low fuel consumption rates, the
excellent cost-beneit ratio, driving comfort,
as well as MANs maintenance service and
warranty policies, explains Derick Reinhardt,
CEO of RTG. As they are subjected to a high
34-metric-ton payload and the somewhat
demanding SouthAfricantopography, the ve-
hicles operate under challenging conditions
which is why the so-called full maintenance
contract provides for precise servicing at
MANs network of service centres.

THE FIRST LEG of Michael Siphos tour
takes him from Richards Bay into the out-
lying areas of the mining town Piet Retief.
The road winds past national parks and water
reservoirs, crosses pastureland, towns and
villages, marks the border with Swaziland and
occasionally turns into a mountain pass. The
journey is a dificult one for the fully loaded
trucks, not least due to the sharp inclines.
Richards Bay is at sea level, while Piet Retief
lies at an altitude of 1,250 metres in the high-
lands of Mpumalanga Province. The short
stop at his familys home remains the only
break during Michaels journey before reach-
ing his destination. After ive hours of driving
he arrives in Piet Retief a town where roads
and houses look very different from the tidy
boulevards of Richards Bay. Coal dust covers
the rough and muddy ground, and an
approaching stormfront only serves to dark-
en the car park next to the mines even more.
The access roads to the mines are the only off-
road stretches on these trips, yet they are not
always as short as here in Piet Retief. Michael
irst trundles over the weigh station before
positioning his seven-axle vehicle alongside
one of the big coal heaps. A wheeled loader
shovels the coal into the dumper holders,
which ill up injust a fewminutes. As it leaves,
the truck is weighed once more. Have a good
trip! says an employee of the mining com-
pany and hands Michael his documents.
It will be nearly another 500 kilometres
before he reaches his next destination a
chrome mine located near Rustenburg, west
of Pretoria. Once arrived, he will swap his coal
for chrome ore, sleep for a fewhours and then
head east again back to Richards Bay, where
his cargo will be carried over the oceans to
places all over the world.
The journey from Richards Bay to
Rustenburg and back is a challenge:
Altitude differences of 1,250 metres
and a varied terrain are stressful for
both drivers and engines.
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The mileage masters
Coach captain: Driven by brahim Gler
for SE, this NEOPLAN already has
already racked up over two million
kilometres.
While clocking up a million kilometres is actually not uncommon for
coaches, few will manage a mileage of three million. MAN quality makes
it possible on almost every continent and in nearly any climate zone.
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The mileage masters
D
riving a bus or coach is such a
highly prestigious profession in
Turkey that the manbehind the
wheel is not referred to merely
as a driver, but rather goes by
the title of captain. This large
country situated between Europe and Asia has
a patchy rail network and an insuficient avia-
tioninfrastructure whichmeans that coaches
still are the most important means of transport
in Turkey. To ensure the high quality of coach
travel, Turkish operators primarily rely on de-
pendable engineering skills from Germany.
Based in Gaziantep in southern Turkey, SE is
a transport business that supplies coaches to
companies all over the country. Its leet in-
cludes more than 50 NEOPLAN models. The
name alone stands for the irst-class image of
MAN, explains Settar Konukolu, Managing
Director of SE. Passengers love NEOPLAN
coaches because they are so comfortable.
Another signiicant competitive advantage, he
says, is NEOPLANs lifetime service. Inthis case,
a lifetime can be a long while, as Konukolu
knows fromexperience. Sixof his coaches have
already passed the two millionmark, the most-
travelled coach has done 2.6 million kilome-
tres. And it will certainly manage another
million! predicts Konukolu. He is also aware,
however, of the important human factor,
assigning no more than two drivers to a coach.
After a while, the drivers will treat it as their own.
The municipal transport authorities in
Szczecinek, in Polands West Pomeranian lake
district, also realized how much of difference
this could make for the life cycle of a bus. They
always strive to use the identical driver for the
same bus usually an MAN model. The city
took the irst MAN buses into service in 1997
and went on to replace the old Polish Jelzc and
Autosan brands. It was almost a technological
revolution. Many of the locals also thought so
and often purchased several tickets at once
NEOPLAN offers a
longer service life than
other brands.
Settar Konukolu, Managing Director of SE
Fond farewells: A coach departs the
bus station in Gaziantep for its
1,350-kilometre journey to Cannakale.
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just to remain on board for a while longer. In
2011, Szczecinek purchased six newLions City
buses. Today, the roaring liononthe greenand
white buses has long become part of the towns
landscape, as the cost-benefit ratio is simply
unbeatable. The buses are ecological, quiet
and, most importantly, efficient. Two of the
buses put into service in 1997 have already
passed the one-million mark which reflects
not only the technological quality, but alsothe
high level of service: MANnever failed to sup-
port the municipal mechanics. Despite the
complex drive technology of low-entry buses,
MANs customer service staff always finds a
solution, even for the trickiest problem.
HELMUT SCHWAYER, on the other hand,
does most of his own maintenance. The inde-
pendent coach operator from Kronburg,
Germany, knows his vehicles every nut and
bolt. He immediately hears and sees any de-
tail out of place. Not surprising, as he has tak-
en his MAN double-decker hither all over for
the last 12 years, fromLisbonto St. Petersburg,
fromNorways North Cape to Sicily. So far, he
has racked up 1,050,000 kilometres at the
wheel with no end in sight. The MAN is
Schwayers only coach. Apart fromthe red ski
rack, it is completely white and huge: 26 met-
ric maximumpermissible weight, a length of
12 metres and four metres high. This travel
coach has had to deal with all kinds of adverse
conditions: the North Capes salted roads, pot-
holes in Morocco, loose gravel in the Czech
Republic. How was he still able to accrue over
a million kilometres? Operate your coach
carefully and treat it well, sums up Schwayer.
The same is true in distant Mexico, where
the vehicles of Enlaces Terrestres Nacionales
(ETN), a leading Mexican passenger coach
company, cover about 25,000 kilometres
every month. Thus, they are never idle and
cold, practically remaining in an ideal operat-
ing state at all times. In addition, climate con-
ditions in Mexico are very coach-friendly, as
Mexico lacks the sub-zero temperatures likely
to induce wear and tear on the engine when it
does a cold start. That is one reason why our
vehicles perform so well, says Alexander
Wolf, Head of After Sales at MAN Truck &Bus
Mexico. For nine years now, ETNs MANcoach-
es have been travelling the roads of Mexico,
with 34,000 trips and 450,000 passengers
every month. The greater part of the fleet
comprises MAN vehicles with an average of
two million on the odometer already. Thats
a notable record, says Gustavo Ascencio,
Managing Director of ETN. He is very mindful
of having his top-quality coaches serviced on
a regular basis whichis not exactly common
practice in Mexico, where many companies
try to lower their servicing costs by using
cheap oil and sub-standard filters. MAN still
insists on its standards, however, knows Wolf:
Once our customer services encountered a
complaint about a vehicle withnoises coming
fromthe rear axle. It turned out that the cus-
tomer had already done 700,000 kilometres
without an oil change which is regularly due
every 180,000 kilometres. And yet the coach
had never broken down. Most certainly not
just thanks to the favourable Mexicanclimate
that MANvehicle wouldprobably have lasted
just as long in any other country in the world.
Five NEOPLAN coaches operated by the
Turkish company SE have already
exceeded the two million mark. The
record-holder has logged 2.6 million
kilometres without major repairs.
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Poland: MANs green and white buses have
been a familiar sight in Szczecinek since 1997.
Mexico: Antonio Sierra Flores,
a driver for Enlaces Terrestres
Nacionales, covers
25,000 kilometres every month.
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Performances compared to Goodyears previous recommended tment for coaches (Marathon LHS II, UltraGrip WTD).
The new Goodyear Marathon Coach and UltraGrip Coach
Made to enhance your eet efciency*, Goodyear offers you coach tires featuring TravelMax Technology.
Asymmetric design, Silefex tread compound, wafe blades it all stands for reduced rolling resistance,
improved fuel efciency, longer lasting performance and low running noise for more comfort.
In addition, it offers you mobility in all weather conditions. Learn more at goodyear.eu/truck
Efcient. Durable. Comfortable.
The New Goodyear Coach Line.
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Economical Across
the Line.
The DIWA efciency package for your citybuses: with the new DIWA.6 automatic trans-
mission plus topography-dependent gear shifting program SensoTop you ensure lower
fuel consumption and higher driving comfort. In combination with the telemetric system
DIWA SmartNet you are in control of your maintenance costs and increase your availabil-
ity. Get to your destination more economically and comfortably with the DIWA efciency
package.
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