Basics of Bus & Coach Selection Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle Dealerships

Bus & CoachOur mission Aspect Possible implication

To provide transport solutions when offering the complete vehicle (Chassis and Body - Commuter, Midibus, City or Coach) to meet your operational requirements, with the option of several professional body builders of choice.

The application determines the choice of Chassis and Body Specification best suited to meet your operational and customer requirements. When selecting your Coach/City/Commuter/Midibus, the following criteria are typically considered:

1. Application Tourist-Coach / City / Midibus / Commuter

2. Purchase price Body and Chassis specification (purchase price influenced by duties and exchange rates)

3. Capacity Vehicle length and seating capacity

4. Passenger segment Chassis type, seating configuration, body type

5. After-Sales service Chassis and body manufacturer

6. Supply and availability Local or overseas production

7. Terrain and road Suspension, power, fuel consumption and choice of body supplier

8. Trip distances and average speeds Power and transmission required, passenger comfort levels and capacities

9. Topography and rules Chassis choice and body optional equipment

Mpumalanga

Union Motors Lowveld - CV 013 7546000

United Motors - CV 017 6478300

De Wit Motors (CV) 017 8115225

Stucky Motors Piet Retief 017 824 8400

North West

Cargo Motors Klerksdorp 018 4065400

Maemo Motors CV 014 5921141

Eastern Cape

Ronnies Motors Mthatha 047 5029500

Ronnies Motors CV 043 7363165

Star Motors 043 6423595

Maritime Motors PE CV 041 4086600

Northern Cape

Gariep Motors 053 8312400

Zelco Motors 054 3311666

Free State

John Williams Motors Bloemfontein 051 4093700

John Williams Motors Welkom 057 9169900

New Vaal Bethlehem 058 3078300

John Williams Motors Ladybrand 051 9231000

Namibia

M & Z Commercial Vehicles 061 372000/5

Botswana

Naledi Motors Francistown 00267 2413602

Naledi Motors Gaborone 00267 395 6217

Mercedes-Benz Fleet ManagementCustomer Response Centre

012 677 18550800 133 355

Gauteng

McCarthy Kunene CV 013 6974370

Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Centurion 012 6210000

TruckStore Centurion 012 6217470

Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles East Rand 011 437 5000

Sandown Commercial Vehicles Roodepoort 011 6112100

New Vaal Motors Vereeniging 016 4306500

Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Zandfontein 012 3729200

Mercedes-Benz Centurion 012 6413000

Western Cape

Rola Motors (PC) 021 8418300

Rola Motors (CV) 021 8418700

Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Cape Town 021 5509600

Namaqua Garage 027 2191033

Stanmar Motors George 044 8027000

Orbit Motors Boland CV 023 3422401

KwaZulu-natal

McCarthy Inyanga Vryheid 034 9896300

Garden City Commercials 033 3975600

Garden City Motors Pietermaritzburg 033 3975300

Garden City Motors Ladysmith 036 6378600

McCarthy Inyanga Empangeni 035 9017500

Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles Durban 031 5761700

Mercedes-Benz Durban 031 3364300

Limpopo

Mercurius Motors Polokwane CV 015 2984700

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Please note: Changes may have been made to the products since this brochure went to press. The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the design, form, colour and specification during the delivery period, provided these changes, while taking into account the interests of the vendor, can be deemed responsible with respect to the purchaser. Where the vendor or the manufacturer uses symbols or numbers to describe an order or the subject of an order, no rights may be derived solely from these. The illustrations may include accessories and items of optional equipment, which are not part of standard specification. Colours may differ slightly from those shown in the brochure, owing to the limitations of the printing process. Phone numbers and contact details may change. Please consult your Mercedes-Benz dealer for final details.

www.mercedes-benz.co.za/bus Part number: A 000 155 53 02 0003

Bus Service Dealerships

Dealer

Who better to finance and insure your bus than the people who built it?

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services offers an innovative finance product to exceed all customer expectations. Choose from options to help reduce monthly repayments, improve cashflow and lengthen vehicle replacement cycles.

• Operating Lease: pay for the use of the bus, rather than ownership

• Instalment Agreement: predictable and regular instalments

We also offer flexibility through structured payments, skip payments and individually calculated interest rates.

Do you want to run a modern, high-performance fleet that is optimally tailored to your requirements, and have reliable vehicles, thanks to optimum servicing and costs you have under control at all times?

Mercedes-Benz CharterWay makes this possible:

• Nothing will make you more flexible - and more mobile - than CharterWay

• A service contract covering all maintenance and repair work on your Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles

• You have the flexibility to choose unchanging monthly rates and for different periods of 24 to 60 months

• You drive, while Mercedes-Benz takes care of the economic and technical risks involved in vehicle operation

TruckStore reduces the cost of ownership and removes the stress of disposals:

• We offer guaranteed buy-backs when financed by Mercedes-Benz Finance. Simply return the vehicle to TruckStore according to our ‘Fair Wear & Tear Guide’ at contract end. A TruckStore buy-back also reduces your monthly finance payment

• TruckStore will trade in your old vehicles (single units or entire fleets) on new ones through the entire MBSA CV dealer network

• TruckStore is a significant supplier of used commercial vehicles, categorised as either ‘Gold’, ‘Silver’ or ‘Bronze’ according to age and mileage

FleetBoard is the Mercedes-Benz state-of-the-art telematics solution. It allows fleet managers to operate their utility vehicles in an economically efficient manner and manage their logistics processes. FleetBoard services include: Performance Analysis; Service/Telediagnostics; Trip Records and Mapping.

Mercedes-Benz Driver Training strives to provide quality training and services that will foster personal growth and enhance driver skills. We offer a variety of training courses:

Generic courses• Basic driving skills

and remediation• Vehicle familiarisation training• Economic and defensive

driving• Advanced driver training

Segment courses• Construction industry• Timber industry• Sugar industry• Short and long distance

haulage

Genuine Parts Genuine Service Genuine Accessories

• Strategically located dealers• Distributed National

Inventory (optimised stock management)

• Superior infrastructure• Competitive pricing• Up to 24-month guarantee• 24-hour customer support

- CV-specific roadside assistance

• Uptime team within the Dealer Technical Assistance Centre in combination with FleetBoard

• Downtime measurement (globally accredited) - transparent to network at MBSA

• Key customer breakdown report

Value Chain Offering: How you optimise your total cost of ownership

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Bus & Coach: Applicability MatrixBus & Coach: Body OptionsBus & Coach: Specifi cations

APPLICATIONS

INTERURBAN CITY BRT COACH / INTERCITY

Commuter onlyCommuter

and for hireCity-

suburbanDay tours /

shuttleBRT

operationMulti-day

toursIntercity Cross-border

A1 A2 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3

OF 1726 /OF 1730 • •OH 1726 RF /OH 1826 RF • • • • •OH 1726 LE /OH 1826 LE/OH 1825 LEG • •OH 2836 RF A / OH 2836 LE A • •OH 2436 RF • • •

Chassis Range

Body Builders OF 1726 OF 1730 OH 2436 RF OH 1726 / 1826 RFOH 1726 / 1826 LE /

OH 1825 LEGOH 2836 RF A / LE A

011 964 1182 Predator Predator Predator

011 412 2927/8 Busmark Busmark Busmark

011 412 2927/8 Apache Apache Giro Apache Mondego Mondego

012 661 1927 Irizar

011 418 0800 Torino Torino/Andare Paradiso/Andare Torino Gran Viale

011 823 5358 Sphinx 121 R Sphinx 125 R

Suitability

A1: Between homes of people and remote places of workA2: Commuter by week and for hire on weekends/holidaysB1: Bus transport within city radius with people getting on and off all the timeB2: Point-to-point transport for groups of people (eg. from airport to hotel/game lodge, etc.)B3: Bus Rapid Transit OperationC1: Travel with tourist groups with multiple sleep-overs (eg. golf tours)C2: Between big cities in SA; fl ying as an alternative (eg. between Durban and Cape Town)C3: Travel to neighbouring countries where road conditions are less than optimal

Chassis Type OF 1726 OF 1730 OH 2436 RFOH 1726 RF / OH 1726 LE

OH 1826 RF /OH 1826 LE

OH 1825 LEGOH 2836 RF A /OH 2836 LE A

Front/Rear Engine Front Engine Front Engine Rear Engine Rear Engine Rear Engine Rear Engine Rear Engine

Vehicle usage Commuter Bus Commuter/Intercity Bus Touring/Intercity Coach BRT/City Bus BRT/City Bus BRT/City Bus BRT/City Bus

Max. number of seats

Up to 66 Up to 66 Up to 74 Up to 60 Up to 60 Per requirements Per requirements

Engine type OM 906 LA OM 926 LA OM 457 LA OM 906 LA OM 926 LA Cummins ISL-G 8.9L CNG OM 457 LA

Emission standards

Euro 3 Euro 3 Euro 3 Euro 3 Euro 5 EEV Euro 5

Confi guration 6 Cyl. inline 6 Cyl. inline 6 Cyl. inline 6 Cyl. inline 6 Cyl. inline 6 Cyl. inline 6 Cyl. inline

Output191 kW @ 2 200 r/min

225 kW @ 2 200 r/min

260 kW @ 2 000 r/min

191 kW @ 2 200 r/min

188 kW @ 2 200 r/min

186 kW @ 2 200 r/min

260 kW @ 2 000 r/min

Torque (max.)950 Nm @ 1 200 - 1 600 r/min

1 200 Nm @ 1 400 - 1 600 r/min

1 600 Nm @ 1 100 r/min

950 Nm @ 1 200 - 1 600 r/min

900 Nm @ 1 200 - 1 600 r/min

900 Nm @ 1 300 r/min

1 600 Nm @ 1 100 r/min

Gearbox ZF S6 1550 m ZF S6 1550 m GO 240 - 8 PS Voith DIWA. 3 a Voith DIWA. 5 a ZF Ecolife AP Voith DIWA. 5 a

Number of gears 6 6 8 6 4 6 4

Optional gearbox ZF 6HP 502 a ZF 6HP 502 a GO 210 - 6 m ZF EcoLife AP ZF EcoLife AP - ZF EcoLife AP

ABS Optional Optional Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Brakes: front/rear Drums/Drums Drums/Drums Drums/Drums Disc/Disc Disc/Disc Disc/Disc Drums/Drums

Fuel tank size 300 litres 300 litres 300 litres 300 litres 300 litres 190 litres 300 litres

Tyre 315/80 R 22.5 315/80 R 22.5 295/80 R 22.5 295/80 R 22.5 295/80 R 22.5 295/80 R 22.5 295/80 R 22.5

*Angle of approach/departure laden

12˚ 00´ / 11˚ 00´ 12˚ 00´ / 12˚ 30´ 14˚ 35´/ 9˚ 50´ 13˚ 40´/ 8˚ 00´ 13˚ 40´/ 7˚ 50´ 9˚ 00´/ 7˚ 50´13˚ 40´/ 7˚ 50´ /9˚ 00´/ 7˚ 50´

Rims 9.00 x 22.5 9.00 x 22.5 8.25 x 22.5 8.25 x 22.5 8.25 x 22.5 8.25 x 22.5 8.25 x 22.5

Front axle mass 7 100 kg 7 100 kg 7 000 kg 7 000 kg 7 000 kg 7 100 kg 7 000 kg

2nd axle mass N/A N/A 11 000 kg N/A N/A N/A 10 000 kg / 11 500 kg

Rear axle mass 11 000 kg 11 000 kg 6 000 kg 11 500 kg 11 500 kg 11 500 kg 12 300 kg

GVM 18 100 kg 18 100 kg 24 000 kg 17 000 kg 18 500 kg 18 500 kg 28 000 kg

GCM 26 000 kg 26 000 kg 27 000 kg N/A N/A N/A N/A

PS - Powershift m - Manual a - Automatic RF - Raised fl oor bus LE - Low entry bus A - Articulated bus OF - Front engine bus OH - Rear engine bus *Chassis only - fi nal angles to include the body GVM - Gross vehicle mass GCM - Gross combination mass

Bus & Coach: Chassis Warranty ConditionsAll models: 12 months unlimited kilometresPowertrain: (Engine, transmission, rear drive axle) 24 months / 300 000 kmEngine major components: (Cylinder block, cylinder head, crankshaft and camshaft) 48 months / 500 000 km / 10 000 hrs

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