Solaris Vacanza is a tourist

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that was produced between 2001 and 2010 by

Solaris Bus & Coach Solaris Bus & Coach is a Polish producer of public transport vehicles (buses, trolleybuses and trams), with its headquarters in Bolechowo-Osiedle near Poznań. It is a subsidiary of Spanish CAF. Solaris owns four production sites: its main facto ...

. Two models were offered - the two-axle Solaris Vacanza 12 and the three-axle Solaris Vacanza 13. The Vacanza was replaced in 2010 by the Solaris InterUrbino.

History

The Solaris Vacanza 12 debuted at the Busworld Kortrijk Trade Fair in

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in October 2001, and at the

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premiere during the Fair Tour Salon in

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(2001). Technical research prototypes were carried out on the DAF track in the Netherlands, the Wabco track and at the Tatra track in Bednary. It entered series production in spring 2002. The Vacanza 13 had its world premiere at the Busworld Kortrijk Trade Fair in 2003. The first presentation took place in

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in Służewiec in

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in autumn of 2003. Production began in 2004. It coincided with the introduction of the second generation of the Vacanza 12. The whole family was styled by the IFS Designatelier Studio in

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. The brand symbol of the series of the bus is a

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. The bus uses the

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XE 315C engine (

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) and ZF 8S180. Since 2006, the coach uses the DAF MX 300 engine which meets the standard of the Euro 4. The body is made of stainless steel and laminate panels which are reinforced with

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Bloodmobiles

On the basis of first-generation Solaris Vacanza 12 in 2002 there was built a

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(known as a ''Vampirebus'') for the Regional Blood Centre in

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. A coach from the second generation of this model in 2004 was built for the Regional Blood Centre in

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, and in 2007 for RCKiK in

. The coach is equipped with a small doctor's office with workplace for the doctor, laboratory, a part to register the donors and 4 or 5 positions for the collection of blood and a small

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. To ensure a steady supply of electricity there has been an additional generator installed for the electricity supply. A pair of Vacanza 13 bloodmobiles were built for the Regional Blood Centre in

. In 2007 the company sold one Vacanza 13 for RCKiK in

, and in 2008 for RCKiK in

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and

. In 2009, another Vacanza 13 bloodmobile was purchased by RCKiK in Raciborz.

References

{{Reflist Solaris Bus & Coach Coaches (bus)