The Bogdan A221, known as Bogdan A201 until 2016, is a

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manufactured by

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History

The financial troubles of the

have led them to sell the Cherkasy Bus Plant that had a license to produce an

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-based

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midibus. Being left without their successful model, the corporation had to develop its replacement using different chassis. At the time they were already partners with

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that were supplying and selling a smaller

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, together with them Bogdan began to develop the new model. The new bus was presented at TIR-2011 exhibition in

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, it received an index of Bogdan A201, unlike the previous ones it was assembled at Lutsk Automobile Factory, which was one of co-founders of Bogdan. The model was longer than its predecessor, it had a modernized design and glued windows instead of a fixated ones. New buses were equipped with

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navigation and a bank card payment system. In 2012–2015 A201 buses were being sold in

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Kuzbas HDU2. In 2016 Bogdan presented the

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-based Bogdan A221. Longer chassis allowed to make a rear entrance wider, making it easier for disabled people to get into the bus. Indian chassis have also allowed to lower the price for a bus although it didn't become the most affordable at the market. In 2020, during the assembly of a 15 school buses for

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, the model have undergone the exterior restyling, however soon after that due to inability to pay their credits Bogdan had been declared bankrupt and the production at LuAZ had been stopped.

Modifications

* Bogdan A201 – base model with automatic doors * Bogdan A202 – intercity variation with one automatic door and one hand-opening door * Bogdan A204 –

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with one automatic door and one hand-opening door * Bogdan A221 – city bus with automatic doors and a wider rear entrance * Bogdan A222 – longer intercity variation with one automatic door and one hand-opening door * Bogdan A224 – longer

with one automatic door and one hand-opening door

Gallery

File:Bogdan A20211 in Tomsk.JPG, Bogdan A202 in

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History

Modifications

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See also

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