Mercedes-Benz Cito
The Mercedes-Benz Cito O520 is a low-floor - Midibus that of 1999 and 2003. EvoBus was made.
During the development of the vehicle, it should be easy to convert to a fuel cell power supply at a later date , which is why it was equipped with a diesel-electric drive with a nominal output of 85 kW , which is unusual for buses . In order to have the necessary maneuverability even on smaller streets, it was built narrower than conventional city buses with a width of 2.35 m . In addition, the rear overhang (the part that "overhangs" behind the last axle of the bus) was extremely short. The target direction roughly corresponded to the Metroliner from Neoplan from 1988.
The Cito was available in the following three lengths:
- 8.1 m with 12 seats
- 8.9 m with 16 seats
- 9.6 m with 20 seats
Production of the Cito was stopped in 2003. In the industry, despite the theoretical advantages, the high maintenance effort is criticized. EvoBus has not brought any further development in the direction of hybrid drive onto the market, although this would have been easily possible with the Cito, since only the control and energy storage would have had to be retrofitted.
The place of the minibuses with up to 20 seats in the range of Mercedes-Benz today is taken by bus bodies based on the Sprinter . The midibus Citaro K , introduced in 2006 , with a length of 10.5 m, the standard width of 2.55 m and 27 seats can only be considered as a successor to the Cito to a limited extent.
Web links
Detailed description of the Mercedes Cito at Omnibusarchiv.de
Vehicle class | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | ||||||||||||||||
6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | |
Compact class | W 15 (type 170) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 23 (type 130) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 30 (type 150) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 28 (type 170 H) | |||||||||||||||||||
Middle class | W 02 (type Stuttgart 200) | W 136 / W 149 (types 170 V / 200 V) | |||||||||||||||||
W 11 (type Stuttgart 260) | W 143 (type 230 n) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 21 (type 200/230) | W 153 (type 230) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 138 (type 260 D) | |||||||||||||||||||
upper middle class | W 03 / W 04 / W 05 (types 300/320/350) | W 18 (type 290) | |||||||||||||||||
W 10 / W 19 (types 350/370/380) | W 142 (type 320) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Upper class | Type 400 & Type 630 | W 24 / W 29 / W 129 (types 500 K / 540 K / 580 K) | |||||||||||||||||
W 08 (type Nürburg 460/460 K / 500 / type 500 N) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 07 / W 150 (types 770/770 K) | |||||||||||||||||||
Sports car | Model K | ||||||||||||||||||
W 06 (type S / SS / SSK / SSKL) | W 24 / W 29 / W 129 | ||||||||||||||||||
Off-road vehicle | W 103 (type G1) | W 31 (type G4) | |||||||||||||||||
W 133 III (type 170 VG) / W 139 (type 170 VL) / W 152 (type G5) | |||||||||||||||||||
Vans | L 3/4 | L 1000 Express | L 301 | ||||||||||||||||
L 300 |