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ead of Sales Bus RoW, Regional Manager MEA of MAN Truck & Bus AG
车身是由顺丰客车车身私人有限公司(Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd)所提供和组装。它获得曼认 可,并以曼Lion’s City品牌,搭配欧5引擎来促 销。米勒说,它轻量化的铝制车身,协助巴士营运 者将载荷最大化和优化油耗。
“新加坡地铁有限公司(SMRT Corporation Ltd) ,新加坡领先的多模式公共交通营运者,从去年11 月开始测试一辆全新的Lion’s City双层巴士。在 测试近1年后,新加坡地铁有限公司向曼订购20辆 巴士,新加坡陆路交通局则订购了60辆。”乌斯鲁 说。
乌斯鲁继说,该公司在今年初将曼A95开篷巴士移 交给香港私人营运者新辉旅游公司(Sun Fai Transportation)。此外,专利巴士经营九龙巴 士(Kowloon Motor Bus) 订购了20辆,曼将于 2016年交付车子。另一家公司冠忠巴士集团(Koon Chung Bus Holding Limited) 也订购了50辆。他 补充说,欧6版将于2017年推出市场。
“对我们来说,澳大利亚是个有趣和不断增长的整 车(CBU)市场。我们有意进军南韩市场。亚洲对 我们达到总销售量相当重要。”
censed by MAN and was promoted under MAN’s Lion’s City branding with Euro V engine. With the lightweight aluminium bus body, Mueller said it helped bus operators maximise payload and optimise fuel con- sumption.
“SMRT Corporation Ltd, the leading multi-modal public transport opera- tor in Singapore, has put one new Lion’s City double-decker bus on trial and evaluation for one year starting from November last year. Having tested close to one year, MAN has been awarded with an order of 20 units from SMRT and 60 units from Land Transport Ministry (LTA) of Singapore,” said Uslu.
In Hong Kong, Uslu continued, an open-top MAN A95 was delivered to a private operator Sun Fai Transportation Company early this year. In addition, a franchised bus company Kowloon Motor Bus ordered 20 units, which would be delivered in 2016. Another company, Koon Chung Bus Holding Limited, ordered 50 units. He added that by 2017, the Euro 6 version would be available for the market.
“Australia is an interesting and growing completely built-up (CBU) mar- ket for us. We are not yet present in South Korea and we do have plans to enter this market. Asia is important for us to achieve our total volume.”
Gearing Up for Front-Engine Omnibus Chassis Segment
Mueller revealed that MTBM was gearing up for the front-engine om- nibus chassis segment in Malaysia. “This is a new market segment for us. In September, we delivered our first front-engine omnibus chassis to our customer in East Malaysia. The MAN CLA chassis is the first bus chassis produced by MAN in India, keeping in mind the requirements of developing markets like Malaysia. All main aggregates and components are identical with the currently-sold and proven CLA truck range and are incorporated into the MAN CLA bus chassis. MAN uses the same global standards at all our manufacturing facilities worldwide to ensure uncompromising quality.”
The chassis was designed with high levels of serviceability and all es- sential parts were easily accessible and serviceable. Logical packing of aggregates, said Mueller, freed up lots of space and ensured better reparability.
MAN’s TCO Optimiser Helps Convince Customers
“East Malaysia is a price sensitive market and that is our main chal- lenge. However, we have just launched MAN’s TCO Optimiser at the Malaysia International Bus, Truck & Components Expo (MIBTC) 2015 not long ago, which allowed us to show the customers that apart from the price of a new bus, they have to know the operating cost of the bus and the total cost of ownership (TCO) to run a business efficiently and economically. The online calculator of TCO covers all relevant factors. Only by knowing the TCO for your bus and your expenses per kilometre that you can reduce the bus operating cost. This is a useful and stra- tegic tool for us to convince our customers that MAN provides the best TCO.”
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