page_title: Solaris Alpino
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Solaris Alpino / History
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Alpino 8,6
context_page_description: Solaris Alpino is a low floor bus built as part of the Solaris Urbino series, developed for city transportation, manufactured from 2007 by Solaris Bus & Coach from Bolechowo near Poznań in Poland. In 2008 the longer variation of the bus Solaris Alpino 8,9 LE came into production.
context_section_description: The bus model is part of the Solaris Urbino series. The bus prototype debuted in the Transexpo Show in Kielce in September 2006. Production began in the spring of 2007, the producers concentrated bus production for Alpine countries, Switzerland and Austria, and for large cities where there are sharp bends and narrow roads.
  The prototype was fitted with a Cummins ISBe4 250B engine, with the power of 250 HP and with an automatic transmission Voith Diwa 854.5, the bus can also be fitted with a ZF transmission. The engine complies with the normal standard of Euro 4, by the use of special filters the engine can be upgraded to Euro 5.
  The Solaris Alpino is fitted with an engine which complies with the exhaust emissions standard Euro 4. The bus can also be produced with an engine Euro 5 or EEV. The bus can also have an engine fitted which is powered by CNG.
  In July 2008 the Solaris Bus & Coach company signed the largest order yet in its history with the Athens company ETHEL (OSY as of July 2011) for the delivery of 320 buses, including 220 Solaris Alpino with engines of Euro 4 standard. The delivery had been made by the first half of 2009.
caption: Solaris Urbino 8.6
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