from Maldonado, who bought 10 units for bodywork woth CAIO Vitória bodywork that would pass into the hands of CODESA in their merger. ![]() Also, in 1992, B58E was Brazil's first bi-articulated chassis, and the first 33 operated in Curitiba as Express Line Buses.Ĭhassis of this model of Brazilian origin were built by the companies Caio, Ciferal and Thamco to be sent to Montevideo, Uruguay both before and after the launch of the "National Renewal Plan" of the fleet for the companies CUTCSA, COETC, UCOT and Raincoop, CUTCSA acquiring some 260 (10 in 1990, 18 in 1991 before the "National Plan for Fleet Renewal" that were built by CUTCSA itself in Uruguay, 175 after its launch in 1993 and 57 in 1994) cars with CAIO Vitória bodywork that would be radiated between 2008 (one of these cassis had its Engine removed and used in a Brill Model 60 motorcar as a replacemebt for the Cummins Diesel Engine used in the 1960s as a replacement of its original Gasoline Engine it had) and 2015 when the ex-UCOT units acquired in 2002, COETC that acquired a total of 153 cars with Ciferal Padron Rio bodywork(two batches of 14 and 38 cars in 1992, 83 in 1993, 6 in 1994 and 5 in 1996) that have been serviced between 20, UCOT acquired 118 chassis with CAIO Vitória bodies (in a total renewal of the fleet) that They were disaffected and referred to multiple destinations between In 2001(these cars would all be sold to CUTCSA or Raincoop) and 2012, keeping some as substitutes, Raincoop acquired 91 cars with CAIO Vitória bodies (15 for suburban use between 19, 15 urban in 1992, 55 urban in 1993 and 6 urban ones in 1994) these were maintained until 2011 where they were radiated from service in a renovation completed in 2012 with some ex-UCOT acquired in 2002 Remaining in the company until its closure in 2016, in 1993 some 18 B58E chassis were built for Raincoop by Thamco in the Scorpion TH3250USS model that would be discontinued between 2008 and the cooperative's closure in 2016 With car 100 passing into the hands of Erhitran (association dedicated to the conservation of the heritage of the Uruguayan bus), Raincoop acquired a last chassis of this model in 1998 for its suburban lines that was bodied with Marcopolo Allegro GV Two companies from the interior of Uruguay acquired a chassis of this model for urban and suburban use, these being Olivera Hnos. It was used in city buses, including trolleybuses, and road coaches, in cities like São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Campinas, Sorocaba and Belo Horizonte. In Brazil, The Volvo B58 (named the B58E) was built in Curitiba from 1979 to 1998. Until November 2009, GO Wellington in New Zealand operated 68 Volvo B58 trolleybuses. ![]() In 1978, Greater Stockholm Transport Authority ordered 250 B58s. One Volvo B58 was rebodied as a double-decker bus with East Lancs Droop Nose double-decker bus body for Skills Coaches. Many of the Volvo B58s in the United Kingdom were built as coaches. ![]() In the United Kingdom, it was sold to many major operators including Wallace Arnold and Park's of Hamilton from 1972. The Volvo B58 was a mid-engined bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden from 1966 until early 1982. Recently it announced a joint-venture with Tata Motors to enter the Indian market. Marcopolo closed its plant in Portugal in September 2009.Preserved former British Coachways Plaxton Supreme IV bodied Volvo B58 coach in January 2011 Marcopolo produces over half of the bus bodies made in Brazil and exports its coaches to more than 60 countries.Ĭurrently Marcopolo has four plants in Brazil and plants in Argentina, Australia, Colombia, India, Mexico, and South Africa, in addition to the technology that will be transferred to China. The company manufactures the bodies for a whole range of coaches, e.g. Marcopolo S.A. ( BM&F Bovespa: Marcopolo) is a Brazilian bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. ![]() The Americas, Western Europe, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
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