New buses In Belgium
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THREE NEW models were on show last month among the 100 exhibits at the third Belgian bus and coach exhibition. This was part of the annual congress of the Professional Association of Coach and Bus Forwarding Agents.
Shown by Van Hoot was a more powerful coach fitted with the 14-litre Fiat engine and classified the 700S. This has a 40 per cent power increase over the 10-litre 700 modeL At present the 700S is only available with the Allison fully automatic box, but it is understood that a manual version will soon be available. Maximum quoted speed for the automatic is 1181un/h (73mph).
Jonckheere has now developed a new Bermuda coach based on a Scathe chassis and aimed at the Scandinavian market. The body is finished in stainless steel plate and all windows are double glazed. Three separate heating systems are fitted—a Dreiha temperature converter for defrosting and for heating the driver's compartment, a Webasto preheater and a conventional heater from the engine cooling system.
The coach shown was fitted with a refrigerator, toilet and cloakroom.
LAG has in the past only constructed artic trailers and drawbar trailers, but produced a surprise by showing a new service bus body on a DAF chassis. It has a polyester body and seats 49 passengers with space for 31 standees.
A LAG spokesman said that at present the company could produce only about 15 units per year, but next year it would open a new factory with capacity for up to 150 bus bodies on all types of chassis. It will also then consider expanding into the coach market.