Mercedes-Benz do Brasil celebrates 20 years of the O 500 bus and coach chassis
|
By Jim Gibbins - 1st July 2021
Brazil - In July 2001, Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda of São Bernardo do Campo, registered its first sale of the O 500 bus chassis; model O 500 U 1725/59, which was then seen to set new standards for quality, technology, comfort, and safety of buses and coaches in Brazil.
Two decades later, more than 70,000 units have been produced at the company's factory in São Bernardo do Campo, meeting the demands of the domestic market, exports to Latin America and other continents.
