REACH FOR THE SKY!
It’s the story of a home-grown hero going international, and the Bustech VST 13.5m transit bus on a MAN A95 chassis is well and truly in the spotlight.
Bustech has the bragging rights to the claim of being Australia’s largest privately owned bus manufacturer, 100 per cent Australian owned and operated. In an era where we see an ever increasing international presence in our industry, it’s pretty exciting to acknowledge the success of a home-grown family business that initially grew from the owners’ frustration with products available on the market in the mid-90s through its transition to become a bus builder.
Over the years the obvious success of the building side of the business has meant not only an Australia-wide presence for Bustech-built buses, but success in the overseas market as well. Today’s test drive vehicle – the 13.5m VST – is one of six heading off to New Zealand.
GROUND-UP BUILD
When ABC magazine asked Anthony Roder, CEO of Bustech, what sets the company apart from its competitors, he replied: “We pride ourselves on being able to customise the bus to the customer’s wishes, so that’s one major factor of our success, but also really importantly we build out of stainless steel. It gives us advantages and the strength allows us to have differences like roll-over compliance. It does come
