Optima Bus Corporation

Defunct American bus manufacturer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Optima Bus Corporation

Optima Bus, LLC, formerly Chance Coach Inc., was a brand of small transit buses manufactured by North American Bus Industries. It was established in 1976 in Wichita, Kansas.

Quick Facts Formerly, Industry ...
Optima Bus, LLC
FormerlyChance Coach Inc.
(1976–2003)
Optima Bus Corporation
(2003-2007)
IndustryBus manufacturing
Founded1976 (as Chance Coach Inc.)
Defunct2010
Headquarters
ProductsTransit buses
ParentAmerican Capital Strategies (1998-2006)
NABI, Inc. (2006-2010)
Websitewww.optimabus.com
(archived link)
Close

It was originally the trolley-replica and conventional bus production business of Chance Industries, Inc. In 1998, Chance Coach, Inc. was sold to American Capital Strategies,[1] which rebranded the company as Optima Bus Corporation in 2003.[2] American Capital subsequently sold Optima to North American Bus Industries, who closed the Kansas assembly plant on August 8, 2007, with production moved to their existing plant in Anniston, Alabama.[3] Optima Bus was owned by North American Bus Industries, Inc.[4] until 2010, when NABI discontinued the production of its Optima and Blue Bird brand commercial bus products.

Models

Thumb
Logo used from 2003 to 2007
Thumb
An Opus run by the Red Rose Transit Authority.
Thumb
RIPTA CNG trolley replica #18
  • Opus: under 30 ft (9.14 m) or under 35 ft (10.67 m) low-floor bus; designed in collaboration with Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus' international Expotech division[5]
  • American Heritage Streetcar AH-28 - trolley-style body on bus chassis
Thumb
Pace RT-52 in Niles, Illinois.
The RT-52 was used in the Wiki Wiki Shuttle route at Honolulu International Airport. The first wiki site, called WikiWikiWeb, was named by its programmer, Ward Cunningham, after this line of buses.[8] The buses were also purchased by Pace, primarily for use in Niles, Illinois; all have now been retired, with the last one running service routes in May 2007.
  • Sunliner: an open-air towed tram used at various parks and zoos in the United States and Canada

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.