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Chassis for a type of school bus

This article is about the chassis used in the Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2. For the actual bus, seehere.

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Motor vehicle platform

Freightliner C2
2007Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 with a Freightliner C2 chassis
Overview
Manufacturer	Daimler Truck North America
Production	2004–present
Body and chassis
Class	Type C (conventional)
Layout	4×2
Body styles	Cowled chassis School bus Commercial bus
Vehicles	Thomas Built BusesSaf-T-Liner C2
Related	Freightliner Business Class M2
Powertrain
Engines	Diesel Propane Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Electric
Dimensions
Wheelbase	158–279″
Width	96″
Curb weight	18,000–35,000 lbs (GVWR)
Chronology
Predecessor	Freightliner FS-65

TheFreightliner C2 is a Type C conventional bus chassis manufactured byDaimler Truck North America, used forschool bus applications. It was introduced in 2004 as the replacement for the FS-65. The C2 uses the hood, firewall, steering column, and dashboard of theFreightliner Business Class M2 medium-duty conventional.

Body manufacturers

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As a bus chassis, the C2 is only used byThomas Built Buses as the basis for theThomas Saf-T-Liner C2. As Thomas is a subsidiary of Freightliner, there are no plans by other body manufacturers to utilize the C2 chassis. However, the standard Freightliner M2 chassis is available to the commercial and shuttle bus industry as a cutaway cab as the Freightliner B2.

Powertrain

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Engines - Current Offerings^[1]

Engine	Displacement	Horsepower ranges	Torque ranges	Fuel
Detroit Diesel DD5	5.1L	200-240 hp	560-660 lb-ft	Diesel
Cummins B6.7	6.7L	200-260 hp	520-660 lb-ft	Diesel
Cummins Westport B6.7N^[2]	6.7L	240 hp	560 lb-ft	CNG
DriveForce 8.0L	8.0L	339 hp	495 lb-ft	LPG
DriveForce 8.8L^[3]	8.8L	270 hp	565 lb-ft	LPG

Engines - Prior Offerings^[4]

Engine	Displacement	Horsepower ranges
Mercedes-Benz MBE900	4.8L	190 hp
Mercedes-Benz MBE900	7.2L	250-330 hp
Mercedes-Benz MBE900	6.4L	190-250 hp
Cummins ISB	6.7L	200-280 hp
Caterpillar C7	7.2L	190-275 hp
John Deere CNG	8.1L	375 hp
Drive Force Propane V8^[5]	8.0L	350 hp

Transmissions

The C2 comes standard with anAllison 2500automatic transmission. Also available areFuller 5-speedmanual transmission and the Allison 3000 automatic.^[4]

References

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^"Saf-T-Liner C2 - Spring 2018 Spec Sheet"(PDF). Thomas Built Buses. Spring 2018. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 11 November 2020. Retrieved21 November 2020.
^"Cummins Natural Gas Engine Portfolio"(PDF). Cummins Inc. 2020. p. 5. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 21 November 2020. Retrieved21 November 2020.
^"DriveForce 8.8L Spec Sheet"(PDF). Thomas Built Buses. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 21 November 2020. Retrieved21 November 2020.
^^a ^bFreightliner."C2 Spec Sheet".Freightliner Chassis. Archived fromthe original on 13 March 2009. Retrieved21 November 2020.
^"C2 Propane"(PDF). Thomas Built Buses. Fall 2013. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 12 July 2014. Retrieved21 November 2020.

North Americanschool bus chassis, 1980–present

Type A
(Cutaway van)

Current	Ford E-Series E-350/E-450 Transit 350/350HD General Motors Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana Stellantis Ram ProMaster
Historical	Dodge Ram van General Motors Chevrolet Van/GMC Vandura Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick (GMT560) Navistar International International 3400 International TerraStar Smith Electric Newton

Type B
(Integrated)

Current	Ford F59
Historical	Chevrolet P30

Type C
(Conventional)

Current	Blue Bird Vision Freightliner C2 International MV Spartan Motors Front-engine
Historical	Chevrolet/GMC B series Ford B series Freightliner FS-65 Hino 338 International Harvester/Navistar International Loadstar S-Series "Schoolmaster" 3400 3600 3700 3800 3300

Type D
(Transit-style)

Current	Blue Bird Corporation T3 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner EFX Saf-T-Liner HDX
Historical	Blue Bird All American second generation third generation A3 D3 TC/1000 TC/2000 Crown Coach Corporation Supercoach Supercoach II General Motors S7 Gillig Transit Coach Phantom International Harvester/Navistar 1853FC 3000 3900
Other manufacturers	Asia Smith Motors Crane Carrier Oshkosh Corporation Spartan Motors

List of school bus manufacturers

Thomas Built Buses school bus product lineup

A subsidiary ofDaimler Truck North America

Type A

Minotour

Type B

Mighty Mite (out of production)

Type C

current	Saf-T-Liner C2
out of production	Vista Saf-T-Liner Conventional FS-65

Type D

current	Saf-T-Liner HDX EFX
out of production	Saf-T-Liner EF ER WestCoastER Saf-T-Liner MVP EF ER All Star EF

Freightliner Trucks

Current

Commercial trucks

Medium-duty trucks	Business Class M2 106
On-highway trucks	Business Class M2 112 C-Series Cascadia Cascadia Evolution New Cascadia Inspiration
Severe-service trucks	SD series 108SD 114SD 122SD EconicSD

Vans

Sprinter

Buses

Historic

Commercial trucks

Medium-duty trucks	Business Class FL-Series
On-highway trucks	Argosy C-Series Century Class Columbia Coronado Condor FC FLC FLC 112 FLC 120 FLD FLD 120 FLD 120SD Classic Classic XL FLx COE WFT FLA FLB FLT