SMART MOVER
With all that Australian roads and weather conditions can throw at our vehicles, I-Bus’s advantage is its existing reputation of an industry stayer and success story when customers are looking for a tough bus or coach built to perform and last.
Just over a year ago we had our very first drive of an I-Bus 500 Series and we’ve been invited back to the I-Bus headquarters at Burpengary, Queensland, for the release of a new model – the I-Bus Series 2 NQR 26-32 – which had just landed. We heard it was just as tough but smarter and cheaper all around, so it was time to check it out.
Built on the Isuzu NQR 87-190 cab chassis (8,700kg GVM 190hp [142kW]), the I-Bus Series 2 NQR 26-32 will deliver a vehicle with new features and changes made based on customer feedback and the big picture of whole-of-life cost of ownership, the company states.
We asked sales consultant Craig Marshall what was behind the drive to develop a new model in such a short period of time.
“We made the decision as an organisation to bring out an improved, more user friendly vehicle. I-Bus had identified issues and features since we took over as distributors that we knew we could improve on,” Marshall explained.
