Motor Coach Industries
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In December 1986, Greyhound was split, with Greyhound Lines being sold to an investor group, and Greyhound Lines of Canada, MCI and Transportation Manufacturing Corporation remaining part of Greyhound Corporation, which was renamed Dial, Inc. in 1991.
In 1987, Greyhound Corporation bought the bus manufacturing operations of General Motors, and production of the RTS was transferred to Transportation Manufacturing Corporation. TMC ceased production of MCI vehicles in 1990 to concentrate on RTS production.
In 1993 MCI became an independent corporation, Motor Coach Industries International Inc.
In 1994 MCI merged with DINA S.A. of Mexico, and over the course of the next couple of years production of the D4500 and G4500 models was transferred to Mexico.
Transportation Manufacturing Corporation, including production rights for the RTS, was sold to NovaBus in 1994.
In June 1999, DINA S.A. sold its holding in MCII to a private investment company.
After a period of falling demand, increased competition and lay-offs in the early 2000s, production at MCI plants in Winnipeg and Pembina, North Dakota increased in 2006, and 130 employees were added.
Products
Current
- D4000CL (40 foot commuter coach, square headlights)
- D4000CT (40 foot commuter coach, redesigned nose)
- D4005 (40 foot)
- D4500CL (45 foot commuter coach, square headlights)
- D4500CT (45 foot commuter coach, redesigned nose)
- D4505 (45 foot)
- E4500 (45 foot)
- G4500 (45 foot)(Greyhound's flagship coach)
- J4500 (45 foot)
Past
- D4000 (renamed D4000CL, see above)
- D4000N (96" wide "narrow" model, prototyped for New Jersey Transit. Approximately 4 units produced)
- D4500 (renamed D4500CL, see above)
- F3500
- 102-DWA3 CNG (only ordered by New Jersey Transit)
- 102D3
- 1023A3
- 102DL3
- 102C3
- 102DL3
- 102B3
- 102A3
- 102A2
- 96A3
- 96A2
- MC-12 (hybrid of the 96A3 and the MC-9)
- MC-9 (Many of these models notably NJ Transit models were built with bi-fold transit style doors and caps on the front roof containing the bus' destination sign. Some two-axle versions were also built)
- MCI 5B
- MC-8 (Pre-1978 coaches had a slanted side pillar between the window panels)
- MC-7
- MC-6 (MCI's first endeavor with the 102" wide bus)
- MC-5 (A,B,& C)
- TC40-102N "Classic" (Bought from General Motors Diesel Division in 1987, sold to Novabus in 1993)
- TC40102A
- TC60-102N Articulated "Classic"
- RTS 06
- RTS 08
See also
External links
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