Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) is an Egyptian manufacturer for

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s. The manufacturing plant is located in El Salheya El Gedida ("New Salheya"), with the head office in

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, near

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. The manufacturer owns the trademark rights of the brands ''ECHOLINE'', ''eVolution'' and ''MCV''. Some models are assembled under the dual brand name ''Mercedes-Benz MCV''.

History

The company was founded in 1994 after a purchase of two factory facilities from the

Ghabbour Group GB Corp, previously Ghabbour Group, is an Egyptian manufacturer of automobiles, buses, trucks and motorcycles located in Cairo. The company was founded in 1960 by the brothers Kamal and Sadek Ghabbour because they realized that the automotiv ...

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. The

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in Egypt is 6,000 buses and 1,200 trucks a year.

Worldwide locations

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: Since 1995 ''MCV Cuba'' is the official importer for vehicles of the

. It is the only authorized dealer of

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vehicles. *

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: Since 2000 as importer''A propos de MCV''
MCV Algérie. Retrieved 18 Oktober 2015. *

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(2002):

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(2002 after the purchase of

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): Ely ( MCV Bus & Coach) *

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( Parow). 2007: Acquiring of the bus factory De Haan's Bus & Coach; annual production capacity: 150 buses. *

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: In 2010 a joint venture with ''UzAvtosanoat'' was configured. The project is postponed.

Model overview

Commercial vehicles (passenger car classified)

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(Generation T1N Mk. II)

Buses

* ECHOLINE E10 / 20 (also known as ''Ecoline-DAFC'' and '' FOTON'' in the

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) * ECHOLINE E30 (also known as ''Ecoline-DAFC'' and '' FOTON'' in the

) * ECHOLINE E40 (also known as ''Ecoline-DAFC'' and ''FOTON'' in the People's Republic of China) * eVolution-MAN C100 / C110 / C120 (from 2004) * eVolution-DENNIS C101 / C111 / C121 (from 2004) *

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C123RLE (for Volvo B7RLE) *

C124RLE (for Mercedes-Benz OC500LE) * MCV Evora *

MCV EvoSeti The MCV EvoSeti (stylised as eVoSeti) is a Low-floor bus, low-floor double-decker bus body built by MCV Bus & Coach as a replacement for the MCV DD103. It was unveiled in May 2015. Design The EvoSeti body is built on the Volvo B5TL and Volvo B5L ...

* MCV Alfa * MCV Ego (since 2006; Great Britain) * MCV Stirling * MCV DD103 (for

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) * Mercedes-Benz MCV 200 Safari (since 2010, based on the Mercedes-Benz Atego) * Mercedes-Benz MCV 240E (since 2008) * Mercedes-Benz MCV 260C / R / S (since 2000) * Mercedes-Benz MCV 260T * Mercedes-Benz MCV 400 E / H / R / T * Mercedes-Benz MCV 500 (since 1996) * Mercedes-Benz MCV 600 (since 1996) * Mercedes-Benz MCV C120 / C120 LE * Mercedes-Benz Tourismo * Mercedes-Benz Travego (available in three different fronts)

Coaches

* MCV EvoTor

Trucks

* Mercedes-Benz Actros (in licence of the Chinese Dongfeng Pika; vehicle parts are manufactured and delivered by

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and Dongfeng Motor) * Mercedes-Benz Atego 917 / 1325 AF / 1528 AF *

Mercedes-Benz Axor The Mercedes-Benz Axor is a heavy truck manufactured by Daimler Truck between 1999 and 2016 designed to fill the gap between the premium Mercedes-Benz Actros, Actros tractor unit, tractors and the mostly rigid Mercedes-Benz Atego, Atego trucks an ...

1823 / 1923 / 1928 * Mercedes-Benz LN * Mercedes-Benz MB 1728

References

External links

Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles official websiteMercedes-Benz MCV 600 Bus Exterior and Interior in 3D 4K UHDMercedes-Benz MCV 800 Bus Exterior and Interior in 3D
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