GERMANY
The first Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 75 has entered service in Göppingen and the surrounding area on regular-service routes.
Rolf Grüb, Sales for Mercedes-Benz Buses, and Max Witzel, Head of Sales for Mercedes-Benz Minibuses, officially handed over the vehicle to Manfred and Carsten Frank, owners of the Omnibusverkehr-Reisen Frank & Stöckle bus company, which is buying four minibuses.
Manfred Frank said: “Since 1 January we’ve been putting a new Sprinter City 75 to work in urban traffic in Göppingen. Large regular-service buses cannot be used due to the tight dimensions in the town’s centre.
Despite that, we want to offer our passengers a full-fledged regular-service bus with all of the comfort that entails. The City 75 meets our requirements and is also very attractive in terms of its design.”
The latest generation of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City 75, which is 8.5m, can accommodate as many as 38 passengers.
The independent skeleton construction makes possible a wheelbase of 5,095mm and also forms the basis for the low-floor area between the axles.
This can be flexibly equipped with folding seats, wheelchair and pushchair spaces, seats featuring a quick-swap system or standing spaces.
Frank & Stöckle had the low-floor area fitted with five folding seats, a wheelchair space and standing spaces. In addition to this, a grab rail concept featuring ceiling-mounted and vertical grab rails has been integrated in the vehicle.
The interior also has a destination display and there are USB charging sockets installed both in the low-floor area and at the seats.
