The Renault PR180 and PR180.2 was a
step-entrance articulated bus
An articulated bus, also referred to as a slinky bus, bendy bus, tandem bus, vestibule bus, stretch bus, or an accordion bus, is an articulated vehicle, typically a motor bus or trolleybus, used in public transportation. It is usually a ...
chassis produced by
Renault Véhicules Industriels in
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
, France. The PR180 was based on Renault's popular
PR100 rigid bus, and shares many common components. Once a common sight in many French cities, most PR180.2s are now at the end of their useful lives and reside with small private operators.
The Renault PR180 was designed around an interesting and unusual concept. Most articulated buses only have one driving axle - either the centre axle or the rear axle, however, the PR180 featured two driving axles - centre and rear.
Australia
ACTION
ACTION purchased 34 PR180.2 buses between 1987 and 1993. These buses were badged as Macks and bodied by
Ansair at
Tullamarine. The first batch of 27 buses was delivered to ACTION from 1988 to 1989 with some equipped with a centre door which was later removed. A second batch of 7 buses was delivered in 1993.
Transperth
Transperth purchased 65 PR180.2 buses from 1988 until 1989. These were badged as Renaults and bodied by
JW Bolton. All retained the PR100 front-end.
Heuliez GX 237
A
bi-articulated version of the PR180.2 known as the "Mégabus" was developed by
Heuliez Bus and
Renault
Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company curr ...
in the 1980s. Ten were purchased by
CGFTE in 1989 which was used in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
until the
tram network was opened in 2004.
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Renault buses, PR180.2
Articulated buses
Step-entrance buses
Tri-axle buses