Mercedes-Benz O371

The Mercedes-Benz O371 is a body of a coach and a chassis of a coach. It had a step-entrance. It was made in Brazil from the 1980s to the 1990s by Mercedes-Benz.

Marcopolo bodywork or Busscar bodywork was built to the O371 chassis.

In the 1980s, it replaced the Mercedes-Benz O303 chassis.

Coach

O371R
The O371R was made as a coach, it was made from the 1980s to the 1990s. It had a Mercedes-Benz OM355/5A engine at 230HP. It had a spring suspension.

O371RS
The O371RS was made as a coach, it was made from the 1980s to the 1990s. It had a Mercedes-Benz OM355/6A turbocharger aspirated engine at 291 hp. It had a pneumatic suspension.

O371RSL
The O371RSL was made as a coach, it was made from 1992 to 1994. It had a Mercedes-Benz OM447LA Turbo-intercooler engine with output of 354cv and 360cv.

O371RSD
The O371RSD was made as a coach, it was made from the 1980s to the 1990s. It had a Mercedes-Benz OM355/6LA turbo intercooler engine with output of 326 hp.

Bus

O371U
The O371U was made as a bus, it was made from 1987 to 1994. It was made in Campinas, Sao Paulo. In 1994, the front of the O371U was replaced with the front of O400.

O371UL
The O371UL was made as a bus, it was made from 1994 to 1996. It was a few inches wider, it had front air suspension, and more horsepower. the front of the O371UL was replaced with the front of O400 family. From 1994 to 2006, the buses were used in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

O371UP
The O371UP was made as a bus, it was made from 1987 to 1993. It was a powerful bus, it had a 187 hp OM355/5A 9.6l 5-cylinder engine. It was used in Curitiba, Brazil.

O371TR
The O371TR was made as a trolleybus, it had an electronic control system and an 120 kW (600 V DC) electric motor supplied by Villares. Because of restrictions on public debt and the oil crisis being over, only two or three units were sold to the city of Araraquara.

References

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Category:Coaches (bus)