Magirus-Deutz standard bus
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Magirus-Deutz SH 110 standard city bus with VÖV front |
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| 170 SH 110/260 L 117 | |
| Manufacturer | Magirus-Deutz |
| design type | City bus / intercity bus |
| Production period | 1967-1982 |
| axes | 2 |
| power | 170-256 hp |
| length | 11 m or 11.7 m |
| width | 2.5 m |
| height | 2.95 m or 3 m |
| Wheelbase | 5,600 mm / 6,000 mm |
| Floor height | 725/900 mm |
| Seats | 37-44 / 53 |
| Standing room | 61-71 / 19 |
| Empty weight | 7,800-9,000 kg |
| Previous model | Magirus-Deutz 150 S 11 (Saturn II) |
| Similar models | Standard buses from Büssing , MAN , Daimler-Benz and Ikarus |
From 1967 to 1982 the German commercial vehicle manufacturer Magirus-Deutz also manufactured standardized city and intercity buses according to the specifications of the Association of Public Transport Companies (VÖV) . The main prototypes were the standard city bus SH 110, the standard intercity bus (StÜLB) L 117 and the articulated bus SH 170.
Beginnings
According to the guidelines of the VÖV , which provided for a standardization of the construction of public service buses at the end of the 1960s, Magirus-Deutz presented the first prototype of a standard public service bus at the 1967 International Motor Show . The model was 150 S 11 was 11 m long and had an air-cooled Deutz - diesel engine of the type F 6 312 L installed with 6 cylinders and 150 hp at the rear. With a new, more angular body, the 150 S 11 was technically based on the well-known 150 S 11 city bus, which had already been built by Magirus-Deutz in previous years.
In September 1968, the start of production of the optically followed significantly altered and from 150 to 170 hp model strengthened under the name Magirus-Deutz 170 S 11 H ( 170 hp, S tadtbus, 11 meters in length, H eckmotor). The other data of the standard city bus from Magirus-Deutz was 2.5 m wide and 2.95 m high with a total weight of 16 t . The vehicles had the air-cooled Deutz F 6 L 413 engine and, depending on the equipment, 37 to 44 seats and 61 to 71 standing places. The first 20 copies went to NIAG in Moers. In August and October 1968 65 three-door copies followed with the type designation 170 S 11 M with M ittelmotor for the Cologne Transport Authority (KVB).
Further development
From 1969 the standard city bus was also available with an eight-cylinder V-diesel engine of the F 8 L 413 series, which initially developed 200 and later 230 hp. Especially for Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA), which was a major customer of Magirus-Deutz in the 1960s, two series (100 cars) of the 170 S 10 H type, shortened by a window part and thus 1.4 m, were produced in 1969 and 1971. In contrast to Büssing , which also has shortened standard buses u. a. built for the HHA, the undercarriage of the Magirus-Deutz bus was not simply shortened by the appropriate amount, but a different one with a relatively slightly longer wheelbase (4,500 mm), narrower track and smaller wheels was used. These 9.6 m coaches used as express buses were the last Magirus-Deutz buses built for the HHA and had 35 well-padded seats, all facing the direction of travel and with high backrests.
In 1972 there was a general renaming of all Magirus-Deutz bus models, the standard city bus was now basically called the SH 110, supplemented by the preceding, rounded to 10-digit horsepower of the diesel engine (e.g. 170 SH 110).
From 1972 the 11.7 m long standard intercity bus (StÜLB) of the type L 117 was also on offer, also with a preceding engine (around 230 L 117 for the 232 hp version). This was particularly popular in Germany as a train bus and post bus (with a built-in letter slot). Later, the suburban was also as L 117 P P odesten supplied, the trunks in the undercarriage under the pedestals enabled with the seats; the cars could thus be used better than combination buses . Magirus-Deutz was the only manufacturer of standard intercity buses to offer such a construction that was suitable as a combination bus. There were also extended versions of the L 117 from the coachbuilder Voll in Würzburg and from the Ludewig company ; both vehicles were delivered in the 12-meter version. Parallel to the Magirus-Deutz coaches built in Mainz , the high-decker 230 T 117 buses with a third-party body from Gangloff in Colmar were presented for the first time at the IAA 1975 . These were luxury coaches based on the L 117 chassis. A 260 T 117 was added later. The manufacturers Tüscher and Padane also had their own body variants of the L 117. After the appearance of the L 117 intercity bus, the standard city buses were also optionally delivered with the front design of the StÜLB.
In contrast to the comparable standard line buses of the competition (e.g. Büssing BS 110 V , MAN 750 HO-SL or MAN SL 200 and Mercedes-Benz O 305 ), the Magirus-Deutz buses were all (as with this manufacturer common) powered by air-cooled diesel engines. The 170 SH 110, which was the smallest in terms of performance and offered until 1976, had a six-cylinder engine in V-shape, the more powerful models had eight-cylinder engines, also in V-configuration. The engine range included machines with 176, 180, 200, 232 hp and from 1977 also with 256 hp. All belonged to the F 6 L 413 (six-cylinder) and F 8 L 413 (eight-cylinder) engine series from Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz . For the standard L 117 intercity bus, only the machines with 232 and 256 hp were available.
After the competing manufacturers (above all MAN and Daimler-Benz ) already had articulated buses on offer, which were sold with great success, a standard articulated bus was also developed at Magirus-Deutz and presented at the IAA 1977. This model was 16.7 m long and, compared to the competition, came onto the market quite late, namely only in 1980. It had the type designation 260 SH 170. Although the articulated bus had a rear engine, the drive power was transferred to the second axle via a wide-angle joint transferred to the front end. In this way, the license payment for the articulation angle control of the joint could be avoided. However, this form required a special design; unlike the Mercedes-Benz articulated bus O 305 G, the technology of the solo bus could not be used.
The end
Since Magirus-Deutz was gradually incorporated into the newly founded IVECO between 1975 and 1980 , the buses were also sold with the new IVECO logo towards the end of their production time. The Magirus-Deutz bus plant in Mainz was closed in 1982 due to years of unprofitability and the production of Magirus-Deutz buses was discontinued. Despite the fact that the plant had already been closed, a prototype of the second generation of a standard bus was produced in 1981, which was to be called the 240 L 118 intercity bus and would have 240 hp. Of this model (for example the MAN SL 202 , Mercedes-Benz O 405 or O 407 and Neoplan N 416 models from competing companies ), Magirus-Deutz only produced seven pre-series copies. Series production was no longer possible, but the design was incorporated into the development of the Iveco TurboCity line bus, which was available in three different lengths in Italy from 1989 to 1996 as a solo bus and as an articulated bus in three different versions ( U rbano = city bus, S uburbano = Suburban bus and I nterurbano = regional bus) with different door arrangements, but with water-cooled diesel engines.
Several hundred of the SH 110 city buses and their predecessors were sold between 1968 and 1982, while the L 117 intercity bus sold around 1,400 units. Only 39 vehicles of the articulated bus 260 SH 170 were built; the last two copies were only completed and delivered in 1984 to the large commercial vehicle dealer Alga in Sittensen , which had taken over the chassis and parts that were still in existence when the Magirus-Deutz bus plant was closed. In contrast to other manufacturers, Magirus-Deutz did not have a double-decker bus. Major buyers of the L 117 intercity bus were the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Bundespost as well as numerous private companies. The city buses ran for example in Krefeld , in the northern Ruhr area ( Vestische trams ), in Hamburg , Cologne , Würzburg , Bamberg , Gießen , Mainz , Geilenkirchen , Coburg and Ulm as well as in the city of Luxembourg . A sample copy even ran in Warsaw . The articulated bus, which was only built in a few copies, was to be found in Hanover , Braunschweig , in the Münsterland ( regional transport Münsterland ) and in his home town of Mainz, as well as in the Portuguese capital Lisbon .
Copies preserved to this day
In contrast to the standard models from Daimler-Benz and MAN , the corresponding models from Magirus-Deutz, just like those from Büssing, have become very rare in Germany today. The surviving individual copies are considered rarities and have meanwhile achieved classic car status:
Intercity buses
- The Red Cross in Roth has a 230 L 117 with special equipment from Voll for the telecommunications service (formerly the Cologne fire brigade).
- An L 117, which was in service as a large ambulance with the Frankfurt Fire Brigade until 2014, is now being used by a church organization in the Mettmann district .
- A 260 L 117 train bus is received from a collector from Bavaria (as of May 2014).
- The “Oldtimerclub Magirus Iveco eV” in Ulm has a 260 L 117 P in its inventory (as of early 2011).
- A 230 L 117 was restored at the beginning of 2013 by the association “Nahverkehrsgeschichte Marburg”.
- Two copies of the type L 117 are being preserved for posterity from two different private collectors in Bavaria and Lower Saxony (as of early 2012).
City buses
City buses with StÜLB front
- An articulated bus 260 SH 170 with a StÜLB front was still in stock at a bus company in North Rhine-Westphalia at the end of 2010.
- A 260 SH 110 with a StÜLB front was used at the end of 2011 by an entrepreneur in Baden-Württemberg for driving vintage cars.
- A copy of the model 260 SH 110 with StÜLB front is in the oldtimer inventory of Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm .
- The “Oldtimer Club Magirus Iveco eV” in Ulm has a copy of the articulated bus 260 SH 170 with a StÜLB front.
- A 260 SH 110 with a StÜLB front belongs to a private collector in Baden-Württemberg.
City buses with VÖV front
- The "Hamburger Omnibus Verein eV" HOV receives a copy of the short model 170 S 10 H with VÖV front for posterity.
- A 260 SH 110 with VÖV front, which used to run in Bamberg , is an unsalable old-timer at a commercial vehicle dealer in Lower Saxony (as of the end of 2010).
- Two original Luxemburger 260 SH 110 from 1979 are preserved in their home country Luxembourg: Car 212 since February 2016 from a young, private association RETROBUS asbl (retrobus.lu) and car 216 from another private association Frenn vum aale staadter Bus asbl
literature
- Wolfgang Gebhardt: German omnibuses since 1895 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02140-4
- Karlheinz Hesse: Under the sign of the Ulm Minster - The omnibus construction at Magirus , 15th and 16th part, in: Omnibus-Spiegel , issue 09-1 and 09-2
- Jürgen Jacobi: 10 years of standard bus . Verlag Wolfgang Zeunert, Gifhorn 1977, ISBN 3-921237-40-8
- The environmentally friendly KHD standard bus . In: Der Stadtverkehr , Heft 7/1972, S. 214/215, Verlag Werner Stock, Brackwede 1972
- Ingo Kasten: The initial spark - standard buses (Part I) . In: lastauto omnibus , issue 7/1981, pp. 66–69, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 1981
- Ingo Kasten: broadcast - standard buses (part II) . In: lastauto omnibus , issue 8/1981, pp. 68–71, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart 1981
- Werner Stock: MAGIRUS city buses from Mainz . In: Der Stadtverkehr , issue 5 / 6-1967, pp. 158/159
