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Ferqui Toro

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Ferqui Toro
Ferqui Viedo
Overview
ManufacturerFerqui
Also calledW670
Production2005–2014
AssemblyFerqui, Spain
Body and chassis
ClassMinicoach
PlatformMercedes-Benz Vario (Toro)
Iveco Daily (Viedo)
Doors1 door
Floor typeStep entrance
Chronology
PredecessorFerqui Rapido
SuccessorFerqui Sunset X
Ferqui Sunrise

The Ferqui Toro and Ferqui Viedo were bodies of minicoaches. They were made from 2005 to 2014 by Ferqui.

The Toro body was built on the Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis and the Viedo body was built on the Iveco Daily chassis.

In 2014, Ferqui stopped making the Toro and Viedo and replaced it with the Ferqui Sunset X and the Ferqui Sunrise.

Optare Toro/Viedo

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From 2005 to 2012,[1] Optare made the same bus bodies for the United Kingdom market, they were called the Optare Toro[2] and the Optare Viedo.

The Toro body was built on the Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis[2] and the Viedo body was built on the Iveco Daily chassis.[3]

In 2012, Optare stopped making the Toro and Viedo and replaced it with the Bonito.[4]

References

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  1. "East Lancs name set to disappear as Optare and Darwen agree to merge" Buses Magazine issue 641 August 2008 page 6
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Coaches for first class returns - Toro - enter the executive suite (brochure)" (PDF). Optare. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2006.
  3. "Job losses at Optare Blackburn". 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  4. Challen, John (17 January 2012). "Optare enters small bus market with the Bonito". Transport Engineer. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

Other websites

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