Neoman Bus GmbH , also known as Neoman Bus Group , was a bus, trolleybus and coach manufacturer in Germany , created when MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG acquired Neoplan Bus GmbH in 2001. While the parent company also makes trucks and other vehicles, Neoman was focused on bus and coach production. Electric trolleybuses built by Neoman, at its Pilsting factory, were sold under the Neoplan brand name.
19-595: Parent company MAN Nutzfahrzeuge later referred to Neoman as its Bus Division. On 1 February 2008, the Neoman name ceased to exist, its operations being fully taken over by the parent company, with operations continuing under the Neoplan and MAN brands. The former Neoplan factory in Pilsting was taken over by Viseon Bus GmbH in April 2009. This article related to bus transport is
38-547: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . MAN Truck %26 Bus MAN Truck & Bus SE (formerly MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG , pronounced [em.aː.en ˈnʊtsˌfaːɐ̯tsɔʏɡə ʔaːˈɡeː] ) is a subsidiary of Traton , and one of the leading international providers of commercial vehicles. Headquartered in Munich , Germany, MAN Truck & Bus produces vans in
57-537: A body built on by in-house company JH Jennings, later Cheshire Fire Engineering. However, when recession came in the beginning of the 1980s, and production fell from a total output of 4,000 chassis per annum, CFE was sold to management to eventually become Saxon Sanbec. ERF was never a major manufacturer; as an example, its domestic sales total reached only 1,083 trucks in 1981. The company was bought by Canadian truck maker Western Star in June 1996. In 1999, Marshall SPV sold
76-597: A range of tactical trucks: Earlier ventures with US Army produced the "LD" multifuel diesel engine line used on M35 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton and M54 5-ton trucks Heavy range Light and medium range Special-purpose vehicles Ghana – Van Vliet Automotive Distribution B.V Togo – Van Vliet Automotive Distribution B.V. Benin – Van Vliet Automotive Distribution B.V. Nigeria – DEAL REAL Limited (DRL) Burkina Faso – Van Vliet Automotive Distribution B.V. Australia & New Zealand - Penske Australia & New Zealand ERF (truck manufacturer) ERF
95-453: A result, Edwin believed the future of the lorry-building industry lay in diesel engine power; the Foden boardroom did not agree, and consequently he resigned, along with his son Dennis. With the help of Dennis and two former colleagues, including Ernest Sherratt, who became chief engineer, Edwin built the first ERF diesel lorry in 1933, and gave the first chassis the number 63, which was his age. From
114-716: Is usually referred to as the G90 , from the most common model, but also as the "G"-series. In the United Kingdom it was originally marketed as the "MAN MT" series. The original lineup in the UK consisted of the 6.90 and the 8.90 (the first digit denoting the GVW in tonnes, the second for power in metric horsepower) and the 8.136 and 9.136. MAN AG supplied engines which were available in inline-four and inline-six cylinder engine configurations , with DIN rated motive power outputs of: MAN replaced
133-502: The Bedford parts operation to ERF, since Western Star , their parent company would be able to produce and distribute parts better due to their worldwide network, although the Bedford name was kept by Marshall. However, after Paccar 's purchase of Foden, DAF Trucks and Leyland Trucks competitive pressure increased, and after Western Star was approached by Freightliner Trucks , the decision
152-665: The ECT, ECM, and ECL built on MAN's production line in Munich (for heavy trucks), and a plant in Middlewich for light trucks, positioned to win a contract from the Ministry of Defence for 8,000 new British Armed Forces trucks. All the ERF trucks were based on MAN's existing products, the only difference being that the ERF model came with the option of specifying use of the Cummins ISMe power plant. This
171-685: The G ;series with the L2000 and M2000 ranges. Several models of the MAN-VWCV and the VWCV LT ranges were marketed in Spain by Enasa as Pegaso Ekus, in a typical badge engineering operation. Peterbilt also offered this model with their badging, as the 200 or 265 model. VWCV and MAN shared the project development in accordance with the collaboration agreement as follows: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles took care of: MAN
190-468: The beginning, the company bought components only from other suppliers rather than manufacture them itself, including engines from Gardner, gearboxes from David Brown , and axles from Kirkstall Forge Engineering . This concept served ERF well throughout its existence. A new cab was styled by Sandbach coachbuilder John Henry Jennings, who also provided factory space to assemble the new lorry. Based in Sandbach,
209-534: The company made its own chassis and cab . The cab structure was made in Northampton at Air Flow Streamlines and fitted out by ERF in Sandbach. The engines came from Gardner, but later also Cummins , Rolls-Royce , Perkins , Detroit Diesel and Caterpillar supplied them. ERFs were marketed under the Western Star badge in some countries, such as Australia. It also built a specialist fire-engine chassis, with
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#1732892143291228-479: The development of vulcanised solid-rubber tyres enabled them to be fitted on heavy vehicles. Edwin introduced the first pneumatic-tyred Foden steam wagon, but as steam transport appeared to be going out of favour, he turned his attention to the development of a 6- to 8-ton chassis fitted with new Gardner LW (Light Weight) high-speed oil engine. In the early 1930s, with the economy in a major recession, insurers were increasingly reluctant to underwrite steam boilers. As
247-501: The end of this, a deal was struck with Volkswagen which lasted until 1993. Production of a truck using the Volkswagen LT body started in 1979 and ended in 1993 with 72,000 units produced. It was available with four engines and four wheelbases over its lifetime; there was also a 4X4 version called 8.150 FAE. FAE means "forward control" cab, all-wheel drive, single tyres so the F nomenclature means "forward control" cab. This series
266-709: The product brand MAN and buses of the product brand Neoplan (premium coaches) belong to the MAN Truck & Bus Group. On 1 January 2011, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge ( literally: commercial vehicles ) was renamed as MAN Truck & Bus to better reflect the company's products on the international market. In 1897, MAN presented the first self-ignition fully functioning diesel engine, in partnership with its inventor, Rudolf Diesel . From 1967 until 1977, MAN collaborated with France's Saviem , selling their light to medium duty trucks with MAN badging in Germany and certain other markets. After
285-451: The range from 3.0 to 5.5 t gvw , trucks in the range from 7.49 to 44 t gvw, heavy goods vehicles up to 250 t road train gvw, bus-chassis, coaches, interurban coaches, and city buses. MAN Truck & Bus also produces diesel and natural-gas engines. The MAN acronym originally stood for Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG ( pronounced [maˈʃiːnənfaˌbʁiːk ˈʔaʊksbʊʁk ˈnʏʁnbɛʁk; -faˌbʁɪk-] ), formerly MAN AG . Trucks and buses of
304-604: Was a British truck manufacturer established in 1933 by Edwin Richard Foden, from whose initials the company was named. Its factory in Middlewich closed in 2002, and it was discontinued as a marque by owner MAN in 2007. In 1881, the first Foden traction engine was built in Sandbach . In 1898, Edwin Richard Foden designed the first steam wagon to run on steel tyre wheels. This system was used successfully until 1913, by which time
323-610: Was as an alternate to MAN's own D20 common rail power plant. The factory in Middlewich closed in March 2002, with production of the ECT moved to Munich, Germany, and ECM and ECL units moved to Steyr , Austria, where they were built on the same facilities as their identical MAN counterparts. In the light of Cummins' intransigence on upgrading the ISMe engine to comply with the Euro4 emission regulations, MAN initially decided to replace it completely with
342-465: Was made to sell ERF. In 2000, ERF became part of MAN , with production moving to a new factory in Middlewich . Fraud was later discovered to have occurred at ERF, and its financial position had been incorrectly stated, with MAN winning a legal case against Freightliner. Freightliner, in turn, tried to sue Western Star and ERF's former auditors Ernst & Young , but failed on the grounds of corporate negligence. ERF's final model range consisted of
361-491: Was responsible for: MAN-VWCVs were built in Volkswagen's Hanover factory until other Volkswagen models took priority; they were then made at MAN AG's Salzgitter-Watenstedt factory. MAN-VWCV Range 6.90, 8.90, 6.100, 8.136, 8.100, 8.150, 9.136, 9.150 & 10.136. Until 2007, MAN also built the badge-engineered ERF trucks for the UK market. Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles , a joint venture with Rheinmetall , produces
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