impdb.org

IGCD

[ Login ]

Advertising

Last completed movie pages

Picasso Trigger; 破戰; The Prime Minister Is Missing; Zapomenuté světlo; Hell Squad; クレヨンしんちゃん嵐を呼ぶ!夕陽のカスカベボーイズ; The In-Laws; Riding High; Motýl; Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend; 臨時劫案; The Beekeeper; Visions; Dunkirk; Nilgün; (more...)

MAN SL 200 [VÖV]

MAN SL 200 [VÖV] in Der Himmel über Berlin, Movie, 1987

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:

MAN SL 200 [VÖV]

Background vehicle

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-25 08:31	I thought it should be a MBenz O305, but the rear doesn't match... could it be the MAN-Büssing version of the same VÖV bus?
Junkman ◊ 2007-05-25 15:25	It is a VÖV Standard Bus. Being in Berlin it can only be a MAN/Büssing, since no Mercedes-Benz were delivered there.
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-28 10:31	Thank's for the help Junkman
antp ◊ 2007-05-29 00:01	I was wondering after how much time a new "MAN Büssing" would appear... cf Link to "forum.imcdb.org"
Alexander ◊ 2007-05-29 10:45	As Junkman said, it is a VÖV standard city bus, with a body style used by many companies: * Büssing * Gräf & Stift together with Steyr (Gräf & Stift: chassis; Steyr: body) * Ikarus * Magirus-Deutz * MAN * Mercedes-Benz This body style is known as SL1 and was used first by Büssing in 1968. The early versions had round rear lights, like this Büssing: Otherwise the Büssing, MAN-Büssing and MAN are similar: The MAN-Büssing brand name was used since the takeover of Büssing by MAN in 1971 until 1978 (busses only) to keep the brand loyal Büssing customers. MAN name was used from ca. 1973 until 1983, when the SL2 series was introduced. So far I cannot say when the square rear lights were introduced, probably some time in the mid to late 1970s. Therefore we can rule out Büssing, but it is impossible to say if it is an MAN-Büssing or an MAN. -- Last edit: 2007-05-29 10:46:52
antp ◊ 2007-05-29 11:20	Alexander wrote it is impossible to say if it is an MAN-Büssing or an MAN. Isn't it better to list it as MAN then? (to not have it listed as a separate new make...)
Alexander ◊ 2007-05-29 13:22	antp wrote Isn't it better to list it as MAN then? (to not have it listed as a separate new make...) Would be okay by me. I only put the dash into the name. We could try and find when the Berlin bus company bought such buses. This way we might get another clue.
sixcyl ◊ 2007-05-29 13:32	antp wrote Isn't it better to list it as MAN then? (to not have it listed as a separate new make...) What would be the problem to have a seperate new make, as it is actually a fact that during a period this bus/lorries were under the make MAN-Büssing, and neither as Büssing nor MAN. It's a historical point.
Alexander ◊ 2007-05-29 13:56	I just checked some Berlin bus pages: They ran buses from all makes: Büssing: MAN-Büssing: MAN: and even Mercedes-Benz:
antp ◊ 2007-05-29 14:55	sixcyl wrote What would be the problem [...] I do not have a problem with that (though that merging names generates lots of new ones, well, if these existed we cannot do anything against that), it was rather for the "problem" that occured with another of these vehicles, cf the link that I posted -- Last edit: 2007-05-29 14:58:35

Add a comment

Advertising

Watch or buy this title - Powered by JustWatch

Advertising