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Bus News

Vintage send off for Corporation Street

National Express West Midlands (NXWM) marked the end of buses having access to Birmingham’s Corporation Street with a special vintage bus trip for staff with friends, family and representatives from Bus Users UK.

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Financial

Daimler Buses announces increased unit sales

Daimler Buses’ 2011 annual report revealed increased vehicle sales and investment in property, plant and equipment. However, Daimler also reports “structural shifts in unit sales had an adverse impact on revenue and earnings.”

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Financial

Daimler defies economic climate

Manufacturing group announces second-best year of all time for vehicle sales Daimler Buses achieved its secondbest sales result ever in 2011, selling a total of 39,740 vehicles, 2% more than in 2010. This was achieved […]

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International

DICV to step up its bus building

INDIA Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is hoping to compete with Tata and Ashok Leyland with a new range of buses. The new range will complement the firm’s existing high-end Mercedes-Benz luxury buses already sold […]

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International

Daimler sells stake in MB tech

GERMANY Daimler AG and AKKA Technologies S.A. will now jointly manage MBtech Group – a prominent international engineering and consulting company based in Sindelfingen. The move was agreed by both partners on Wednesday (December 7). […]

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International

Daimler strengthens ties with Beijing Automotive

Daimler move signifies growing importance of Chinese market GERMANY Daimler AG and its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) have signed a Letter of Intent in Stuttgart, which further deepens the comprehensive strategic partnership between […]

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Minibuses

Chinese Sprinters in production

The production line roll-off event for the first locally produced Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was held at the Fujian Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd (FJDA) plant at the end of October. “At Mercedes-Benz Vans we are consistently pursuing […]

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Financial

Daimler releases Q3 financial report

Daimler, parent company of Mercedez-Benz and Setra, said it has had a very successful third quarter according to its latest financial statement, released last week. Group EBIT amounted to €1,968m (Q3 2010: €2,418m), although once […]

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International

Hamburg takes four Fuel Cell buses

Daimler’s bus of the future is up and running in Hamburg – ultra-quiet and with zero emissions. Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote […]