Age identifier: August 1992—July 1993
United Kingdom / East of England / Norwich
Mercedes-Benz O500 Touro
1st gen (UK-market), 2003–2007
Spotted on the A1(M), West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Comments (3)
Jacko 2020-12-24 15:05:21 | #2
FCox143 (2020-12-24 13:52:36)FCox143
This is an OC500 Touro, which is listed here as a Mercedes, although it's not an integral bus, the bodywork was done by Caetano
This is an OC500 Touro, which is listed here as a Mercedes, although it's not an integral bus, the bodywork was done by Caetano
Thank you for identifying this coach
Touros seem to be really rare, plus they're only seemingly spotted in the UK gallery for some reason, was Touro a UK-specific model, and the coach was named something else for the rest of the world?
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FCox143 2020-12-24 16:01:17 | #3
Jacko (2020-12-24 15:05:21)Jacko
Thank you for identifying this coach Touros seem to be really rare, plus they're only seemingly spotted in the UK gallery for some reason, was Touro a UK-specific model, and the coach was named something else for the rest of the world?
Thank you for identifying this coach Touros seem to be really rare, plus they're only seemingly spotted in the UK gallery for some reason, was Touro a UK-specific model, and the coach was named something else for the rest of the world?
The OC500RF is a pretty common chassis across Europe and Asia, with BCI also having produced a body for it for the Australian market.
EvoBus sold the OC500 Touro and OC510 Tourino as integral Mercedes products, although outsourced the bodywork production to Caetano. I don't know whether the Touro was UK-specific. Perhaps because so many coachbuilders were making bodies for the OC500RF chassis (Carrus, Sunsundegui, Irizar, Asia Aero, Mengenal, Tata and others) they felt they had most markets covered?
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