Otokar, a Koç group company, showed its new buses at Busworld Europe (Kortrijk)2017, one of the largest international events of the bus and coach industry. Otokar presented 5 vehicles during the exhibition that hosted 350 exhibitors from 33 countnes. Whit buses currently used in more than 40 countries and particularly in Europe, Otokar held the European premier of its new medium size coach ULYSO, designed to meet industry expectations, during Busworld.
ULYSO WILL INCREASE PASSANGER SATISFACTION
Otokar General Manager Serdar Görgüç expressed that VECTIO T, the company’s first vehicle in the 10 – meter class, has been one of the most popular coaches in intercity and tourism transportation since its debut. The operators’ priority is to achieve efficient transportation with advantageous operating costs; so we renewed our VECTIO T medium size coach considering the users’ needs. We depeloped our ULYSO T, also in the 10 – meter segment, to provide more comfort, higher passenger capacity and optimum operating coasts. With a powerful engine, low fuel consumption, high level comfort delivering quality, low operating costs, ULYSO T will increase passenger and driver comfort and operators’ earnings.
OUR EXPANSION IN EUROPE CONTINUES
At the press conference, Serdar Görgüç commented on the European bus and coach endustry “ İn the first eight months of the year, markets such as Turkey. United Kingdom, Ireland, France saw significant shirinking while some other markets like Germany, Spain and Italy recorded growth. Affected by the shirinking domestic market, Turkish bus and coach manufacturers accelerated their international presence in the last four years, Turkey’s bus exports increased 39%. And in the first eight months of 2017 , the increase was 8%.”
NEW CONCEPT IN CITIES
Otokar’s 8.4 – meter bus designed for congested cities and small roads was also exhibited at Busworld as an inner city concept for European market. With its full low floor and front engine, the inner city solution is already receiving orders in the Turkish market.
