| Iveco TurboCity | |
|---|---|
 An Iveco 480 TurboCity inBucharest | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Iveco-Fiat |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 2-4 |
| Floor type | step entrance, 0.735 m (2.4 ft) floor height |
| Chassis | semi-integral |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Diesel |
| Capacity | 105 / 115 passengers |
| Power output | 159 kW, 200 kW |
| Transmission | ZF orVoith |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 5.11 m (16.8 ft) 6.15 m (20.2 ft) |
| Length | 9.5 m (31.2 ft) 10.7 m (35.1 ft) 12 m (39.4 ft) 17.8 m (58.4 ft) |
| Width | 2.5 m (8.2 ft) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Iveco Effeuno |
| Successor | Iveco CityClass |
TheIveco TurboCity is a class ofItaliansingle-decker buses built between 1989 and 1996 byIveco. Replacing theEffeuno, they consisted of three variants with different internal arrangement:Iveco 480 for urban services,Iveco 580 for suburban services, andIveco 680 for interurban services (in 12 m length only). There were chassis only models for the extensive Italian body-building industry available.
The buses were provided (depending from the sub-manufacturer chosen by the customer) with two different chassis length, 10.7 m and 12 m. There was also anarticulated version (pusher) with a length of 17.8 m, as well as atrolleybus version withAnsaldo electric equipment.
The bus was in service with numerous public transport companies inItaly,Eastern Europe,Malaysia andAfrica.
Iveco also attempted to sell the TurboCity in right-hand drive configuration in the United Kingdom. Two demonstrators withAlexander bodies, one of these being adouble-decker bus, were built in 1990 and 1991 respectively,[1][2][3] followed by a batch of sixWadham Stringer bodied TurboCities built as dealer stock.[4] No orders followed for either thesingle or double-decker, and the single-decker Alexander prototype was eventually exported toSingapore for use as a driver trainer. The double-deck TurboCity sat unused at Blythswood Vehicles'Glasgow premises for 18 months before finding its first buyer, it then passed a number of small operators across England until a crash ended its career. Right-hand drive TurboCities, meanwhile, would sell better in Malaysia, with a number delivered toKuala Lumpur for use byRapidKL.
The 480/580 type was assisted by the Iveco TurboCity-R class (TurboCity-UR 490/590) with a lower floor height of 550 mm.
