Mercedes Citaro BG09 JKE with full kickdown - MEC 8

#FastRideFridays
Route 108 bus / apparent fan’s favourite MEC8 out and away from the streets of South and East London!
Engine: Mercedes Benz OM906hLA (286bhp)
Transmission: ZF 6HP 592C
Bodywork: Mercedes Citaro O530, 12.1m
0:00 - redline 1st to 5th, kickdown to 6th
0:37 - full kickdown (up hill)
1:43 - no kickdown, 0-50mph
2:28 - full kickdown
3:25 - 5th to 3rd downshift
5:47 - 6th to 5th downshift

[@LondonTransportMaster]

Amazing!! Definitely proves why Citaros are one of the best

[@BUSORO-TGVJURO-AVIONORO-06]

I like when the engine revs up to 2700 rpm it's nice to hear 😍

[@WrightBuster]

This MEC sounds great!

[@KickdownLondon]

Agreed it’s one of the stronger ones!

[@muhammadabdullah03]

@@KickdownLondon yes indeed ... Far better than those Volvo B7RLEs ... The Citaro is one of my absolute favourites. I love it ❤️

[@IE-Emperor_X98642]

Best motor ever 🤩

[@plasmauktransport1657]

Thats called a proper beast! Fantastic kickdown mate!

[@_Becca-No-MI_]

2700 rpm😱 Amazing Full Kickdown dude I like the citaro facelift whit the OM906hLA 6,4l 286hp 1100nm🤩

[@lawrencediangana]

Great Kickdown :)

[@londonbuses1027]

Awesome this is what you call power!!

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video. ☺ These Citaro's sound nice when they are red lined but I've never heard a Mercedes Benz Citaro bus red line like that before in the the beginning of the video.

[@Liberator23]

POWERRRRR!!!!

[@LJ07EBP]

I love it, never heard one rev this high before

[@Steem110]

OM906 with Ecomat.... Best combination ever! :D

[@Steem110]

@Chiltern Transport Productions Yes, true. I'm happy that I'm able to drive both of them at work.

[@thegoaheadmpire7825]

No doubt Citaros are the best buses to ever be built on the market in both Europe and Asia

[@robinsbusvideos]

Never been on a Citaro. An independent in my area just bought one of GNE, But certainly from this it does seem tempting to have a ride on. Same engine I think

[@frenchboyh31]

Hopefully you’ll get a chance one day to be on one!

[@DanielsUKT]

Amazing video these buses are so powerful. It would have been good if the euro 6 ones also had the OM906 and ecomat gearbox too

[@samstratford8878]

With all the new drivers being trained up at Morden Wharf atm, these runs are getting rarer and rarer. Most of the new drivers are slow.

[@HACKERHITMARKER333]

tell them to drive faster

[@kieransbusvids7910]

What route was this doing??

[@KickdownLondon]

This one was not in service - a good time to get this batch is when they stray from the 108!

[@jameskingsford7794]

Sounds very angry at high revs