The MAZ-203 is a
fully low-floor single-decker bus
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. It is a representative of the second generation of
MAZ city buses, being a successor to the
MAZ-103. It has been built since 2006, there are over 100
model
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Models can be divided in ...
s have been built already. MAZ 203 can be found in Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Romania. In
Serbia
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, MAZ has been working in cooperation with local-based company BIK (Bus industries Kragujevac) for the manufacture of BIK-203, a bus manufactured on the basis of the platform of MAZ-203.
Gas-powered bus from Kragujevac
at ekapija.rs, 20-4-2009
There is also a trolleybus
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variant of the MAZ-203 built from 2008, MAZ-ETON T203 with electrical equipment of Eton, Belarus
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( GTO or IGBT
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).
See also
* List of buses
Year refers to the first year introduced. A range of years is the period the bus was manufactured.
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References
External links
MAZ-203 page on MAZ website
50 MAZ-203 supplied to Kazan, Russia
Photos of MAZ-203 in Gomel, Belarus
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Minsk Automobile Plant vehicles
Full-size buses
Low-floor buses
Trolleybuses
Vehicles introduced in 2006