BCI Bus
Trade name | BCI |
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Founded | 1991 |
Founder | Ron Nazzari |
Headquarters | Perth, Western Australia |
Products | bus, coaches, city buses |
Website | www.bcibus.com.au |
BCI is a bus and coach importer headquartered in Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia. It was established by former Hino dealer Ron Nazzari in 1991 as a small family-run operation. It initially imported buses from Malaysia, both fully assembled and in knocked down form.[1]
In 2006, it moved production to China.[2] In May 2011, BCI opened the 48,000 square metre Xiamen Feng Tai Bus and Coach International factory in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.[3] It sells buses in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[4] Although manufactured in China, vehicles carry Australian Vehicle identification numbers.[5]
In 2016, Ensignbus began to sell BCI products in the United Kingdom for the first time, starting with the BCI Enterprise high capacity integral double-decker.[6]
Products
Current
- Airporter
- Citirider 8
- Citirider 12
- Citirider E
- Classmaster 43
- Classmaster 57
- Classmaster 65
- Classmaster 3-axle
- Cruiser 9
- Cruiser 12
- Enterprise
- Excellence
- Explorer
- Fleetmaster 33
- Fleetmaster 43
- Fleetmaster 55
- Fleetmaster 3-axle
- Proma
- Proma DX
- Proma low-floor[7]
Additionally, BCI market the Mercedes-Benz O500R, O500RF and XBC.
Former
- Hino BD186
- Hino FD1J
- Hino RG197
- Hino RG230
- Hino RK176
- Hino RM260
- MotorCoach Australia 3010 series
- Mitsubishi Fuso MP218[8]
References
- ^ T & MM Pryor Archived 29 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport Systems Australia
- ^ Building and Creating Innovation Business in Focus December 2013 pages 68–71
- ^ BCI’s baby born Australasian Bus & Coach 11 May 2011
- ^ Chinese BCI Bus Launched into North-American Market China Buses 8 December 2008
- ^ BCI opens Chinese facility focuses on North American growth Metro Magazine 16 November 2011
- ^ Ensignbus goes high capacity with decker deal Route One 14 June 2016
- ^ "Buses & Coaches - BCI Bus". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Pre-owned Buses | Bus & Coach International".
External links
- Media related to BCI Bus at Wikimedia Commons
- BCI website
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