OREANDA-NEWS. The No. 1 among regular service buses is now the bestselling Mercedes bus of all time: with a total production of 40,000 units to date, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro has set a new record. The same applies to the minibuses from Mercedes-Benz: they have now exceeded the 20,000 mark. The anniversary buses were handed over at the bus plant in Mannheim today. Voyages Emiles Weber in Luxembourg took delivery of a Citaro GU, and Sandf?rhus Parkering from Norway collected a Sprinter City 65.

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is an international bestseller: with sales of 3027 units and a market share of 16.4 percent, it was once again the No. 1 among urban regular service buses in Europe. In Germany the Citaro likewise reaffirmed its leadership with a market share of 37 percent. The Citaro is in operation in almost all major European cities, from London to Bucarest and from Madrid to Helsinki.

It carries passengers in Mexico, Japan, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, and even on the island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. It is also the backbone of BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) services in Strasbourg, Istanbul or Nancy.

The Citaro operates in 40 countries around the world. Current large-scale orders in three figures have been placed for the European capitals of Brussels, Budapest and Vienna, for the Italian city of Florence and for Zug in Switzerland.

On its completely new introduction in 2011, the current model series once again presented a surprise with a striking design, a new cockpit and revolutionary fuel-saving technology. The new Citaro was the first urban bus available with the electronic stability system ESP. This was followed by another premiere one year later: the Citaro was the world's first urban regular service bus in series production to be available with engines meeting the Euro VI emission standard. A successful concept: Mercedes-Benz already delivered the 1000th Citaro with Euro VI in spring 2014.

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro is produced in the ultra-modern bus plants in Mannheim and Neu-Ulm, and also in Ligny, France for certain export markets.

The minibuses from Mercedes-Benz also benefit from the new Sprinter in model year 2014. Apart from the striking appearance, impressive features include the very latest drive and safety technology. Accompanying the Sprinter model changeover in mid-2013, the minibus series Transfer and Travel were extensively modified, the Mobility series was extended with the Mobility 35 and Mobility 45, and all the resulting 24 models were gradually and systematically changed over to the stringent Euro VI emission standard.