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The Mercedes-Benz O305 was a rear-engined bus manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in Mannheim, West Germany from 1969 until 1987. It was the first Mercedes-Benz adaptation of the unified German ''VÖV-Standard-Linienbus'' design, that was produced by many different bus manufacturers including Büssing, Gräf/Steyr, Heuliez, Ikarus, Magirus-Deutz and MAN. The O305 was designed for use as a single decker bus, however it was later designed to accommodate double-deck bodies. ==Germany== Mercedes-Benz unveiled the O305 prototype in 1967, production in Mannheim started in 1969. A slightly elongated ''Standard-Überlandbus'' suburban model followed in 1970, replaced by the O307 class in 1972. From 1974 the O305 received a more powerful engine and an epicyclic gear rear axle plainly audible by its distinctive singing noise. An articulated version was named O305G. In the mid 1970s, the Falkenried rolling stock manufacturer had developed a transmission concept with the engine and the power train placed in the rear part. After Mercedes-Benz had acquired the patent, a 1977 prototype was deployed by the Hamburger Hochbahn public transport operator. Production began in 1978. After a first converted trolleybus version (O305T) was deployed in Kaiserslautern, Daimler-Benz built five articulated buses with a BBC-Sécheron electrical equipment (O305GT) which served the public transport in Kaiserslautern and the Bergen trolleybus system, from 1985 in Basel, and finally in Brașov, Romania. Four dual-mode bus types were built in 1983 and deployed in Esslingen and Essen. Twenty hybrid variants were used by the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen public transport company and in Wesel. From 1984 onwards, the O305 was replaced by the second generation Mercedes-Benz O405 ''Standard-Linienbus''. Production of the O305 ceased in 1987. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mercedes-Benz O305」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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