SMRT New Euro-V Mercedes-Benz OC500LE WAB bus (Part 1)

• XiaoTaro

  14 Jul 08, 22:45

  Originally posted by Powered_By_CNG:

  All OC 500 LE, OC 500 LF, and OC 500 RF chassis' are built by Evobus Ibérica in Sámano, Spain -  yes, even the Australian examples.  The chassis prefixes do not represent the country of manufacture.  It only identifies the manufacturer of the vehicle (in this case, Evobus - a manufacturer based on Germany but with plants in other countries including in Spain, France, and Turkey).
  
  Regards,
  Dave

  Thanks for the info Dave, I stand corrected.

• Scania N113CRB luver

  14 Jul 08, 23:04

  Originally posted by Powered_By_CNG:

  All OC 500 LE, OC 500 LF, and OC 500 RF chassis' are built by Evobus Ibérica in Sámano, Spain -  yes, even the Australian examples.  The chassis prefixes do not represent the country of manufacture.  It only identifies the manufacturer of the vehicle (in this case, Evobus - a manufacturer based on Germany but with plants in other countries including in Spain, France, and Turkey).
  
  Regards,
  Dave

  I see. Thanks for the correction.

• kengkia

  15 Jul 08, 01:08

  these was the pics taken by myself on sunday at CCK after a joyride from NBR terminal...this is my first time taking...tolong tolong...

  

  

  

  *It was all taken by camera phone...

  this video was taken shortly after i started my joyride at NBR...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3MhNkmWxSU

• AEW5001

  15 Jul 08, 13:01

  yr positioning is not very good. c e bus looks oversized. u could stand further away from e rd and i recommend u use a digital cam to create better effects. :P

• The_Bus_Guide

  15 Jul 08, 20:06

  Originally posted by Powered_By_CNG:

  All OC 500 LE, OC 500 LF, and OC 500 RF chassis' are built by Evobus Ibérica in Sámano, Spain -  yes, even the Australian examples.  The chassis prefixes do not represent the country of manufacture.  It only identifies the manufacturer of the vehicle (in this case, Evobus - a manufacturer based on Germany but with plants in other countries including in Spain, France, and Turkey).
  
  Regards,
  Dave

  
  Dave, isn't the first character on the VIN indicates the country of origin? If that's the case, then ScaniaN113CRBluver may have a point. I'm sure it doesn't mean the country where the manufacturer is based. There are Scania and Mercedes chassii which begin with 9, indicating that they were made in Brazil. According to a list which I have, Spanish made chassii should begin with V. I would appreciate if you can clarify further on this matter.

   

  Thanks.

• Scania

  15 Jul 08, 21:56

  Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:

  
  Dave, isn't the first character on the VIN indicates the country of origin? If that's the case, then ScaniaN113CRBluver may have a point. I'm sure it doesn't mean the country where the manufacturer is based. There are Scania and Mercedes chassii which begin with 9, indicating that they were made in Brazil. According to a list which I have, Spanish made chassii should begin with V. I would appreciate if you can clarify further on this matter.

   

  Thanks.

  Mercedes Benz do Brasil is a different entity from Evobus, with their own chassis range, even though buses manufactured by the two companies have Mercedes Benz  badges.

  The B10TLs, which were produced in the UK and in Poland have YV instead of SLV (UK) or the Polish one.

• The_Bus_Guide

  15 Jul 08, 22:30

  Originally posted by Scania:

  Mercedes Benz do Brasil is a different entity from Evobus, with their own chassis range, even though buses manufactured by the two companies have Mercedes Benz  badges.

  The B10TLs, which were produced in the UK and in Poland have YV instead of SLV (UK) or the Polish one.

  
  So, what you're saying is that even though the B10TL was made in the UK, for which its VIN should start with S, it still starts with Y, which is for Sweden? Hence, the first character of a VIN actually denotes where the manufacturer originates from as opposed to where the chassis is produced?

• Scania

  15 Jul 08, 23:59

  Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:

  
  So, what you're saying is that even though the B10TL was made in the UK, for which its VIN should start with S, it still starts with Y, which is for Sweden? Hence, the first character of a VIN actually denotes where the manufacturer originates from as opposed to where the chassis is produced?

  Yes in most cases.

• kengkia

  16 Jul 08, 00:04

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  yr positioning is not very good. c e bus looks oversized. u could stand further away from e rd and i recommend u use a digital cam to create better effects. :P

  
  but then if i stand too far i scared the bus will look like a toy bus also...so how far from the road is the best to take?

• Roderick a.k.a Guai Kia

  16 Jul 08, 00:33

  i think de world is doing tt too..must clean de air,safe de world!
• AEW5001

  16 Jul 08, 12:33

  kengkia, stand abt 5 to 7 steps backwards frm where u were, depending on e length and height of e bus. anyway e timing of that shot was quite gd!

• Powered_By_CNG

  16 Jul 08, 20:14

  Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:

  
  Dave, isn't the first character on the VIN indicates the country of origin? If that's the case, then ScaniaN113CRBluver may have a point. I'm sure it doesn't mean the country where the manufacturer is based. There are Scania and Mercedes chassii which begin with 9, indicating that they were made in Brazil. According to a list which I have, Spanish made chassii should begin with V. I would appreciate if you can clarify further on this matter.

   

  Thanks.

  I'm happy to explain the difference here.

  All buses produced by Evobus GmbH have "WEB" as the WMI prefix in the VIN.  Evobus has plants in Germany, Spain, France and Turkey.  Buses produced by Evobus, no matter what country they're produced in, carry the "WEB" WMI.

  On the other hand, buses produced by DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes-Benz) do Brasil Ltda, which is a completely seperate operation to Evobus, have the WMI prefix of "9BM".
  
  Regards,
  Dave

• scaniaB7RLE

  16 Jul 08, 22:13

  few weeks passed already, how is the production. is it coming in. SMB 2 , where are you ?

• kengkia

  17 Jul 08, 00:11

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  kengkia, stand abt 5 to 7 steps backwards frm where u were, depending on e length and height of e bus. anyway e timing of that shot was quite gd!

  
  are u referring to the first pic?

• AEW5001

  17 Jul 08, 12:50

  hmm, the its for all pics. but for 2nd pic, juz step 2 steps backwards, since it nearly caught everything of e bus. :D

• scaniaB7RLE

  27 Jul 08, 18:44

  any news about de production of this bus? anybody?

• Oceane

  27 Jul 08, 18:47

  Originally posted by scaniaB7RLE:

  any news about de production of this bus? anybody?

  
  Let's wait for next month.

• tintinspartan

  27 Jul 08, 19:18

  Originally posted by scaniaB7RLE:

  any news about de production of this bus? anybody?

  
  Patience, my lad.

   

  WLDEP and AMDEP have recieved it months ago (10 units each) and is stored in depot till I don't know when. But as far as I know, it could be out in August. For Now, bear with SMB1H. I wonder how the bus looks like in SMRT livery.

• scaniaB7RLE

  27 Jul 08, 20:37

  Originally posted by tintinspartan:

  
  Patience, my lad.

   

  WLDEP and AMDEP have recieved it months ago (10 units each) and is stored in depot till I don't know when. But as far as I know, it could be out in August. For Now, bear with SMB1H. I wonder how the bus looks like in SMRT livery.

  you mean de buses are ready but not registered.

  and pls i dont noe wad is 'lad', if it means lady, no, i'm a male.

• sv966

  27 Jul 08, 21:24

  Originally posted by scaniaB7RLE:

  and pls i dont noe wad is 'lad', if it means lady, no, i'm a male.

  lad  –noun
  1. a boy or youth. 
  2. Informal. a familiar or affectionate term of address for a man; chap. 
  

  - Dictionary.com

• nenepokey

  27 Jul 08, 22:08

  Originally posted by Powered_By_CNG:

  I'm happy to explain the difference here.

  All buses produced by Evobus GmbH have "WEB" as the WMI prefix in the VIN.  Evobus has plants in Germany, Spain, France and Turkey.  Buses produced by Evobus, no matter what country they're produced in, carry the "WEB" WMI.

  On the other hand, buses produced by DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes-Benz) do Brasil Ltda, which is a completely seperate operation to Evobus, have the WMI prefix of "9BM".
  
  Regards,
  Dave

  anyway, toking abt this, the Habits are also built by Evobus GmbH. still nid to check their VIN to confirm.

• lemon1974

  27 Jul 08, 23:47

  Originally posted by tintinspartan:

  
  Patience, my lad.

   

  WLDEP and AMDEP have recieved it months ago (10 units each) and is stored in depot till I don't know when. But as far as I know, it could be out in August. For Now, bear with SMB1H. I wonder how the bus looks like in SMRT livery.

  
  there is none inside AMDEP. Do u have evidence that there are 20 units in Singapore?

• Scania

  28 Jul 08, 00:06

  Originally posted by nenepokey:

  anyway, toking abt this, the Habits are also built by Evobus GmbH. still nid to check their VIN to confirm.

  There were 1008 O.405s and 2 O.405Gs which were built by Daimler Benz, with WDB as the WMI. TIB838H and SBS999U are the 2 O.405Gs, the others, including the Volgren Mercs are built by Evobus, with WEB as the WMI.

• Oceane

  28 Jul 08, 04:20

  Originally posted by lemon1974:

  
  there is none inside AMDEP. Do u have evidence that there are 20 units in Singapore?

  
  Lol I wanted to keep quiet about this.

  AMDEP has ZERO OC500LEs.

• AEW5001

  28 Jul 08, 09:14

  SBS never ordered OC500LE in e 1st place!