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Native name
  
מרכבים

Industry
  
Transport

Website
  
Merkavim

Number of employees
  
700

Type
  
Bus manufacturer

Production output
  
760 (2013)

Founded
  
1949

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Merkavim Transportation Technologies Ltd., shortened to Merkavim (Hebrew: מרכבים‎‎), is the largest bus manufacturing company in Israel. They produce many different types of buses, including tourism coaches, urban buses, long-distance buses and minibuses. In addition to this, they also provide specialist buses, such as bullet-proof buses, prisoner-transport vehicles and VIP transport vehicles.

Contents

Long distance buses

  • Mars - The Most common intercity bus in Israel (as of 2012).

    • City buses

  • Low Entrance Pioneer - The low entry/floor bus of Israel on VDL SB230 Chassis and Volvo B7RLE Chassis Gearbox Is ZF Ecolife and Man A69 18.290 HOCL NL Gearbox is Voith D854.5 and Mercedes Benz OC500LE Gearbox ZF Ecolife and MAN RC2 19.290 HOCL and Volvo B8RLE ZF Ecolife Transmission
  • Low Floor NL
  • Articulated BRT

    • Low Floor mercury: on B7L Chassis Gearbox is Voith GmbH D864.3E

    Coaches

  • Apollo - The coach of the special rides
  • Apollo Premium - The new coach of the special rides

    • Minibuses

  • City 22 - Minibus based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
  • CORAL - shuttle minibus based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

    • Armored buses

  • Mars Defender - Double in the cecs

    • Special Models

  • Apollo Premium VIP to business rides
  • Mobile Library
  • Prisoner Bus

    • References

    Merkavim Wikipedia
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