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Neoplan
Sign in to saveNeoplan Bus GmbH is a German automotive company that manufactures buses, trolleybuses and coaches. It became a subsidiary of MAN Truck & Bus SE in 2001. thumb|Neoplan Airport bus
Key facts
- Company.name
- Neoplan Bus GmbH
- Company.logo
- Logo Neoplan.svg
- Company.type
- Division
- Company.location
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Company.key_people
- Joachim Reinmuth (chairman of the board of management)former designers: Albrecht Auwärter, Bob Lee, Konrad Auwärter
- Company.industry
- Automotive
- Company.products
- BusesCoachesTrolleybuses
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.num_employees
- 1,300
- Company.parent
- MAN Truck & Bus SE
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Early days
- 1960s
- 1970s–1980s
- 1990s-2000s
- Products
- Buses
- Discontinued models
- See also
- References
- External links
Neoplan Bus GmbH is a German automotive company that manufactures buses, trolleybuses and coaches. It became a subsidiary of MAN Truck & Bus SE in 2001. thumb|Neoplan Airport bus
==History== ===Early days=== thumb|Trathens Travel Services, [[Plymouth 1983 Neoplan Skyliner]] thumb|Neoplan Skyliner in February 2006 right|thumb|Neoplan Airliner at Dubai International Airport, 2007 right|thumb|Stagecoach Oxfordshire [[Neoplan Skyliner in June 2009]] right|thumb|Neoplan Megaliner in Japan The company was founded by (1903–1993) in Stuttgart in 1935, and manufactured bodywork for bus and truck chassis. By 1953, the company had moved away from manufacturing buses on truck chassis, to a partial monocoque design with a steel tube skeleton, providing the structural support, enhanced by welded side panels. The engine was moved to the rear. In 1957, air suspension was made available.