page_title: MAN Truck & Bus
section_title: Historical
hierarchical_section_title: MAN Truck & Bus / Buses / Historical
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Autobus PKM MAN NL 222 (#256) à Katowice, Pologne. English: MAN NL 222 bus (#256, reg. SK 8756N) in Katowice, Poland. Built 1998, PKM Katowice operator. Polski: Autobus MAN NL 222 (#256, nr rej. SK 8756N) z 1998 roku w Katowicach. Należy do PKM Katowice.
context_page_description: MAN Truck & Bus SE is the largest subsidiary of the MAN SE corporation, and one of the leading international providers of commercial vehicles. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, MAN Truck & Bus produces vans in the range from 3.0 to 5.5 t gvw, trucks in the range from 7.49 to 44 t gvw, heavy goods vehicles up to 250 t road train gvw, bus-chassis, coaches, interurban coaches, and city buses. MAN Truck & Bus also produces diesel and natural-gas engines. The MAN acronym originally stood for Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG, formerly MAN AG.
  Trucks and buses of the product brand MAN and buses of the product brand Neoplan belong to the MAN Truck & Bus Group.
  On 1 January 2011, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge was renamed as MAN Truck & Bus to better reflect the company's products on the international market.
context_section_description: The first integral buses
  760 UO, underfloor engine (1957–?)
  MAN/Krauss-Maffei Metrobus (de)
  640 HO (1959–1962)
  750 HO (1962–1974)
  890 UO, underfloor engine
  890 UG, articulated bus, underfloor engine
  535 HO, regional bus and coach
  VöV-Standard buses, 1st generation
  750 HO-SL (renamed SL 192 from 1972), city bus (1968–1973)
  750 HO-SÜ (renamed SÜ 230 from 1972), regional bus (1970–1975)
  890 SG (renamed SG 192 from 1972), articulated bus, underfloor engine (1970–1980)
  SL 200, city bus (1973–1988)
  SÜ 240, regional bus (1972–1989)
  SD 200, double-decker bus (1973–1985)
  SG 220, articulated bus, underfloor engine (1978–1983)
  SG 240/280 H, articulated bus, rear engine (1980–1986)
  North-American models:
  SG 220, articulated bus, underfloor engine (1978–1983)
  SG 310, articulated bus, underfloor engine (1981–1988)
  VöV-Standard buses, 2nd generation
  SL 202,  city bus (1984–1993)
  SG 242/282 H, "puller" articulated bus (1985–1990)
  SG 242/262/292/312/322, "pusher" articulated bus (1986–1999)
  SD 202, double-decker bus (1986–1992)
  SÜ 242/272/292/312/322, regional bus (1987–1998)
  SM 152/182, midibus (1989–1992)
  NL 202, low-floor bus with podium-mounted seats (1989–1992)
  NG 272, low-floor articulated bus with podium-mounted seats (1990–1992)
  NM 152/182, low-floor midibus with podium-mounted seats (1990–1993)
  NL 202/222/262/312, low-floor bus with podium-mounted seats in rear part only (1992–1998)
  MAN NL 262 R, right-hand drive version for Hong Kong (1997–1999)
  NG 262/272/312, low-floor articulated bus with podium-mounted seats in rear part only (1992–2000)
  NM 152/192, low-floor midibus with podium-mounted seats in rear part only (1993–1998)
  ND 202, low-floor double-decker bus (1995)
  EL 202/222/262/272, low-entry bus (1993–2001)
  North-American models:
  SL 40-102 "Americana", transit bus (1984–1988)
  Post-VöV-Standard buses
  1st generation Lion's City city- / inter-urban buses (1996–2004)
  NÜ 223/233/263/283/313, low-floor inter-urban bus (1996–2004)
  NÜ 313/353-15, 14.7-metre version (1998–2004)
  NL 223/233/243/263/283/313, low-floor city bus (1997–2004) (also known as Lion's Line)
  NL 313/353-15, 14.7-metre version (1999–2004) (also known as Lion's Line XXL)
  NM 223/283, low-floor midibus (1997–2004) (also known as Lion's Midi and Lion's Single)
  NG 223/243/263/313/353/363, low-floor articulated bus (1997–2004)
  EL 223/263/283/293, low-entry bus (2003–2008) (also known as Lion's City T and Lion's City TÜ)
  Lion's Classic city- / inter-urban buses (1999–2010) (un-named until 2004)
  SG 263/313, articulated bus (2001–2008) (also known as Lion's Classic G from 2004)
  SL 223/263/283 (2000–2010) (also known as Lion's Classic from 2004)
  SÜ 283/313 (1999–2009) (also known as Lion's Compact, as Lion's Classic Ü from 2004)
  Regional buses
  RÜ 240/280 (1980–1988)
  ÜL 242/272/292/312/322 (1990–1996)
  ÜM 192/222, midibus
  ÜL 313/353/363 (1996–2004)
  R 353/363 Lion's Comfort
  Lion's Regio (2004–2017)
  Coaches
  SR 240/280 (1975–1984)
  SR 240/280 H, high-decker version (1978–1984)
  SR 321/361 (?–?)
  SR 321/361 H, high-decker version (?–?)
  SR 292/362 (renamed FR 292/362 from 1990) (1985–1993)
  SR 292/362 H (renamed FRH 292/362 from 1990), high-decker version (1985–1993)
  Lion's Star (1991–2006, replaced by Lion's Coach Supreme)
  FRH 422/402 (1991–1998)
  RH 403/463 (1998–2001)
  RHS 414/464/484 (2001–2006)
  1st generation Lion's Coach: RH 353/363/403/413/423/463 (1996–2003)
caption: MAN NL 222.
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