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The Renault PR100 is a French city bus built and marketed originally by Berliet from 1971, and sold as a Renault following the merging of Berliet into Renault Véhicules Industriels (RVI). The PR100 was intended to be replaced by the 1987 Renault R312 but sales continued with a revised model called the PR100.2 and in 1993 with a further revised version called the PR112 with the last delivery in 1999. Over 13,500 buses of the PR100 range were produced in France. An articulated version was also produced from 1980, the Renault PR180.2. ==PR100 and PR100.2== The original PR100 was developed and manufactured by Berliet using mainly plans of the German "VÖV-Standard-Linienbus" of the late 1960s. It has an altered front-end and back, and an other interior. In service from June 1972, it was available with a V8 engine producing . It was 11.25m long with three variations of seating/standing combinations. By 1979 the PR100 featured the Renault badge. The PR100 received a slightly altered front end in 1984, along with some technical improvements. This new model was called the PR100.2 and can be identified by the revised front bumper arrangement incorporating the lights. The PR100 was mainly used in France, with some exported to Algeria and Morocco. The design was used by Jelcz in Poland under license, and large numbers were delivered to many Polish cities. The PR100.2 chassis was also assembled in Spain, with Hispano Carrocera bodywork but retaining the Renault front for early models. The PR100.2 was available with a Renault MPS turbo diesel 6-cylinder engine with two power options; and or and . The gearbox was a four-speed ZF automatic unit. The PR100.2's body was 11.4m long on a wheelbase of 5.6m and 2.5m wide. One was bodied in 1988 by Northern Counties for use as a demonstrator in the United Kingdom. When Renault became the majority shareholder of Mack Trucks, Renault demonstrated the bus in Australia in 1985.〔(BUS 674 ) ACT Bus Wiki〕 ACTION purchased 258〔(ACTION Fleet Summary ) ACT Bus Wiki〕 and Transperth 123 PR100.2s〔(Renault PR100.2 ) Perth Bus Info〕 The ACTION buses were badged as Macks and bodied by Ansair, the Transperth examples as Renaults and bodied in Perth by Howard Porter and JW Bolton. All retained the PR100 front-end. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Renault PR100」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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