ford e chassis end date
Just to be curious , when is the end date for the e series chassis that is used for most class c and what are the m h c ompanies going to use when ford stops making them?
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RobertRyan wrote:Tatest wrote:
For the market to go away the 16-30 passenger buses built on the cutaway need to be replaced by another center-aisle solution: enlarged vans like the Sprinter Minibus, or a true minibus like the Toyota Coaster. Both of these are built at about 11,000 pounds, a ton and a half lighter than the coaches we currently use in this size class
There are others that are much heavier, that are based on Light Japanese Trucks.(27,000lb GCVWR) The Toyota is a "Coaster" fairly lightweight. You can get ones based on Hino , Mitsubishi, Isuzu Buses , that have roughly 7-8 Litre engines. No shortage of European bases, IVECO,MAN, SCANIA etc
But those do not functionally replace our coaches in the 16-30 passenger class. We also build larger coaches on Class 5 to Class 8 cab-chassis and bare chassis, 16,000 to 45,000 pounds. Ford, Freightliner, Volvo, International for cab-chassis coaches, Volvo, Daimler, Prevost, MCI, Setra, VanHool in the motorcoach business. These larger coaches have little bearing on what is the market for 90,000 Class 4 cab-chassis a year.
