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Mercedes-Benz O303

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Motor vehicle
Mercedes-Benz O303
Mercedes-Benz O303-15 RHD
Overview
ManufacturerMercedes-Benz
Production1974-1992
1976-1978 (Hyundai, South Korea)
1977-1988 (Tvornica Autobusa Zagreb and 11. oktomvri Skopje, Yugoslavia)
Body and chassis
Doors1 - 2
Floor typeStep entrance
RelatedFAP Sanos 315
Powertrain
EngineMercedes-Benz OM 401
Mercedes-Benz OM 402
Mercedes-Benz OM 403
Mercedes-Benz OM 422
Transmission6-speed Manual or 4-speed automatic
Dimensions
Length
  • O303-9: 8,678 mm (28.5 ft)
  • O303-10: 9,237 mm (30.3 ft)
  • O303-11: 9,993 mm (32.8 ft)
  • O303-12: 10,173 mm (33.4 ft)
  • O303-13: 10,556 mm (34.6 ft)
  • O303-14: 11,293 mm (37.1 ft)
  • O303-15: 12,000 mm (39.4 ft)
Width2,500 mm (8.2 ft)
Height
  • RHP/ÜHP/ÜHE or KHP-A/KHP-L: 3,061 mm (10.0 ft)
  • RHH/ÜHH/RHS: 3,161 mm (10.4 ft)
  • RHD: 3,421 mm (11.2 ft)
Chronology
PredecessorMercedes-Benz O302
SuccessorMercedes-Benz O404

The Mercedes-Benz O303 is an integral coach manufactured by Mercedes-Benz between 1974 and 1992. It was also available as a chassis, where the customer could choose to get the lower part of the front or even the entire front including the windscreen from the integral model shipped with the chassis.

Rear view

History

The Mercedes-Benz O303 was launched in 1974 at the Paris Motor Show as a replacement for the O302. In 1985, the O303 was the first bus to offer anti-lock braking.

Over 33,000 O303s were built over an eighteen-year period. It was superseded by the O404.

Models

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Gallery

  • O303-15 RHP O303-15 RHP
  • O303-14 RHD (Facelift) O303-14 RHD (Facelift)
  • O303-15 RHD (Facelift) O303-15 RHD (Facelift)

References

  1. O 303: Complex coach range from Mercedes Commercial Motor 13 December 1974
  2. The O 303: modular buses Daimler 30 October 2008

External links

Media related to Mercedes-Benz O 303 at Wikimedia Commons

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