![In the mid-2000’s, BC Transit (BCT) of British Columbia and Ottawa’s OC Transit (OCT) in Ontario identified a need for a 25-27 foot bus, for smaller suburban feeder routes and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "2013 – 2024 Grande West/Vicinity Classic Bus – So Long, We Hardly Knew Ya’")
![(Updated 10/29/2025) As we saw in our post on the NH series “Hamburg” bus, Neoplan was a German coach manufacturer on the move in the 1960’s – […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/JR-Bus-Kanto-D750-00501-N128-4-e1563866152537.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1990 – 2003 Neoplan Megaliner – The Bus That Changed the Rules")
![I’m sure CC readers know that MAN and Scania are part of TRATON SE, the truck and bus subsidiary of the VW Group. Accordingly, almost all urban transit and intercity […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/maxresdefault-1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "2021–2025 Caio Apache Volkswagen 22.280 ODS Urban Transit Bus: Not the VW Bus You Were Expecting")
![The world’s largest annual motor coach exposition was held last week in Brussels – Busworld 2025. How I wish I could have attended. Fortunately, there is a lot of info […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/maxresdefault-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 2025 Ayats Twiliner Overnight Coach – Sleep Sound")
![CC readers are likely aware that friend and fellow Japan cohort Tatra87 and I are both expats living here in Tokyo. The difference is he lives near the center of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20251005_063258371.NIGHT_-1-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classics: Hino 500 Series Dakar Rally Truck – Gotcha Now Tatra")
![You may have heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, also called the “Razzies.” They’re an annual satirical award given in the entertainment industry – to the worst movie, actor, Director, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cadillac_4-9_Liter_V8_engine_from_1992_Sedan_Deville_2014-05-01_00-48.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Video Classic: 1982 GM HT 4100 Engine Promotional Video – World Record Razzie Winner?")
![The below Ford promotional video from 1982 comparing the Fairmont to its competitors from GM and Chrysler popped up on my Youtube feed recently – and boy, did it bring […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fd1980fairmont2dsportcou14999699_1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Video: 1982 Ford Fairmont, Chevrolet Citation, and Plymouth Reliant Comparison – Mucho Malaise")
![While doing a little motorcoach research, I came across this leviathan. I initially thought it was one of those massive arctic glacier tour buses, but discovered it’s something quite different. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/lauster_4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Military Classics: Lauster MF60 – Impressive Tank Towing Titan")
![Some time ago, we reviewed the Autotram Extra Grand, the longest bus currently in operation. That begs the question; what’s the shortest bus out there? Well, let’s refine our criteria […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Image03-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Technobus Gulliver U520 – World’s Shortest Bus?")
![I’d like to think I’m a connoisseur of both Classic Cars and Classic TV, though the latter took a hit recently when I came across an early ’60s TV show […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1-1-1.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "CC TV: 1961 Buick Special – Techno-Steed Of The Forgotten Show Shannon")
![(first posted 7/20/2019) We’ve looked at a number of buses our parents and grandparents could have toured Western Europe in during their vacations in the 1950’s and 60’s; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/5046323679_70bf599dba_b-1-e1562559645985.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1961 – 74 Neoplan NH Series Intercity Coach – The “Hamburg”")
![Good ‘ole Flxible Clipper – intercity bus, entertainer traveling coach, mobile television studio control room, postal bus, civil defense vehicle, roadside diner … and we can’t forget mobile airship […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/goodyear-2-1-e1754271460432.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1947 Flxible Clipper Mobile Airship Mast – Blimp Catcher")
![North and South American CC readers are likely familiar with the products of Superior Coach Company – you may have ridden in a Superior school bus “back in the day.” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9336364397_b6573d55d6_z-e1751196594211.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classic Oddities: Superior Coach Company “Avenue”, “Supercruiser”, and “Pioneer FMC” Buses – Less Than Superior")
![(first posted 4/27/2019) This mid-1970s Nissan Caravan has been roaming our suburban Tokyo neighborhood for several years. The owner had parked it in different locations but appears to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMGP2862-1-e1555606105371.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1973 – 80 Nissan Caravan (E20) – The Box the Toaster Came In")
![(first 6/8/2019) We reviewed the Flxible Clipper back in Feb 2016, but it’s such an iconic design, I thought it would be worth another look. Specifically, let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1e817f44184d707de3364930cd30c776.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1938 – 67 Flxible Clipper – Do You Know Your Clipper?")
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