MAN launches new Lion's Explorer bus at SABOA

MAN has been described as market leaders for commuter buses with a gross vehicle mass of 8,5 tonnes and above.

Says head of MAN Bus & Coach sales, Philip Kalil-Zackey: "The new generation of Lion's Explorer buses is clearly integrated into the family of MAN Lion's buses available to customers around the globe. We are very proud as team South Africa to build a bus locally which clearly has evolved in its aesthetic appearance, and no doubt will become a welcome addition to the hundreds of vehicles deployed so successfully over the last decade or so."

New features

New features include fuel consumption reducing aerodynamics, with LED style day-time running lights enhancing the European elegance of the new styling. The rear-end styling of the bus incorporates a new design of complete rear dome with top class tail-light lay-out.

Elaborating on the new product, company managing director, Markus Geyer states: "Our ongoing participation in the industry has allowed MAN to associate with the best passenger transport engineers and passenger transport executives available. We are grateful for the ongoing inputs given to us by our customers who know this market intimately, and understand what makes for safe, durable and reliable technology. We have proudly incorporated this expertise into our new design, whilst always aligning to the exacting engineering standards demanded from a group perspective in our own organisation."