World's Largest Bus (in the 20th Century)

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[@LexusLFA554]

Our local company had a few of the Neoplan EuroLiner in a 13,7 meter configuration. They were such a smooth ride. If they were still in the company today, I'd make a bus license just for them.

[@Damien.D]

Thanks Visio for finding me the tour bus of my upcoming super-world-famous heavy metal band.

[@adameichler]

In fact, the Kelly Family used one :D Now it's displayed in Technik Museum Speyer.

[@z00h]

@@adameichler thanks for reminding me about KF...

[@RadfahrerProductions]

Hello Visonguys. When I was a child, I often traveled with my parents on these coaches, mostly double-deckers. The feeling of space, the comfort, the humming sound of the big diesel engines, it was great. Even the little things like the jet ventilation, reading lamps and the call of the stewardess bringing hot sausages and coffee were the best part of the vacation. Thanks for this video.

[@Cypher791]

In the UK you can drive any bus, of any weight on a D license.. but if you want to tow a trailer you need a D+E license… but these articulated buses are considered to be one vehicle so you don’t need the trailer license. Even though the articulated bus might be a lot longer than even a bus with a trailer. 🪪🙄

[@NikkiTheOtter]

...LOOPHOLE!!! No but really if articulation like that makes it count as one vehicle, that gives me a lot more room to play with for an overlander...as long as I can keep it from bottoming out.

[@Cypher791]

@@NikkiTheOtter yah just be careful with the weight because that’s a factor too… if the maximum gross weight goes over 3.5 metric tonnes that’s a cat C1 license and if it goes over 7.5 metric tonnes that’s a cat C licence.. 🪪🙄

[@NikkiTheOtter]

@@Cypher791 Yeah, no matter what I'm going to be dealing with weird licensing because I'm building out the overlander in the USA, as a support vehicle for another overlander. My brother is planning to drive a single jeep to circumnavigate the globe. So this articulated vehicle is going to be carrying supplies that the jeep doesn't have capacity for. I'm trying to keep it under 40,000lbs (18.14 metric tonnes) because that's the limit for US noncommercial. It's absolutely going to be pushing the limit of what is legal with a noncommercial license even in the USA.

[@Cypher791]

@@NikkiTheOtter wow… i really want to see this thing… thats amazing and driving around the world would be an unbelievable achievement… i wish you all the best of luck…. I don’t think i would recommend an articulated vehicle tho… like you said it could get grounded or stuck somewhere… especially if you are doing off road driving… a vehicle like that is very complex… if you are pulling a trailer and something goes wrong… you can drop the trailer and come back for it later if its an emergency

[@NikkiTheOtter]

@@Cypher791 The original plan was to use a 6x6 with a trailer. But making the trailer part of the main vehicle as an articulated piece would give it a little more flexibility. Probably still going to tow a trailer, but with a partial-articulated 6x6 (More like an enormous Gama Goat than a bus actually...) with the trailer articulated the same way so the vehicle can handle trails that are really meant for Jeeps, not 25' long trucks.

[@nopadelik9286]

First row seats above the driver were the best, loved these double deckers back in the day.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

It is still the case for all double-deckers running now

[@Lastu247]

My boss has a Neoplan Skyliner double decker as a camber! I have done two road trips with it with my friends

[@WatchingMamut]

That's sick, how much camber is it running exactly?

[@AtheistOrphan]

Wheel camber or road camber?

[@GhostlyDilemma]

I had fallen into the rabbithole of researching this wonderful mess a couple years back. Thanks for reminding me of it again and showing others too :'D

[@Pingu1302]

In Germany we say: „Fährst du ab mit Neoplan, kommst du an mit Bundesbahn“ or „Holst du dir ein neoplan ins Haus, geht dir nie die Arbeit aus“.

[@valentinsn-ostalgiemodellbahn]

Today it would be: "Fährst du ab mit Neoplan, kommst' bestimmt nicht an mit Deutscher Bahn. Geh doch lieber gleich zu Fuß - bitte, danke, schönen Gruß!"

[@Pingu1302]

@@valentinsn-ostalgiemodellbahn der ist auch gut!

[@regre6778]

Es war ein mal ne Dickmadame die fuhr so gerne NEOPLAN. NEOPLAN der krachte Dickmadame die lachte

[@nataliehilton9334]

I saw a double deck version Neoplan that was known as the ambulnce cruiser, due to it having a wheel chair lift. It took people on holidays from the UK. I only saw it 3 times.

[@_Y.J]

Love to convert one of these into a mobile home, be a Mobile Mansion 😂

[@artysanmobile]

A McMobile.

[@MrSchrootenstein]

Looking foward to the "house" parties

[@JustusEgner-sj1sd]

I remember watching a video of a different bus but same design (articulated and double decker) of exactly that on youtube

[@JustusEgner-sj1sd]

But maybe it was just a double decker bus

[@_Y.J]

@@JustusEgner-sj1sd I seen a converted double decker but not a articulated one, I'll see if I can find it

[@mattevans4377]

When you really, REALLY hate trains

[@mikosoft]

I remember seeing a picture of the Jumbo in a booklet in the early 90s. Actually the booklet was I think from late 80s. I never knew they made so few of them.

[@HariSupriono]

Helluva *Bus* Edit: Okay, Helluva Boss pun aside, Neoplan back then really went all out when it came to buses. Wanna rival a freakin train but worried that carbon emissions will rise by a lot if you go with cars? Neoplan has the Jumbocruiser for that. Giving your passengers the most amazing views that they've ever seen? Neoplan has the Skyliner for that

[@brianb-p6586]

The Prevost H5-60 is a similarly sized and configured (mid-engine) highway coach, but only high-floor and single-floor. Articulated urban transit buses of the same length (18 m, 60 ft) are now common... in single-floor configurations.

[@CaptainM792]

This video reminds me of those Neoplan Centroliner that served several districts of the city where I lived. Unfortunately they were all decommissioned nowadays and the bus company did not preserved any of them. However, a few had been bought by private collectors and could still be seen on the streets.

[@michaelguerin56]

Thank you. Amazing story. A bit more detail than I had previously come across. Good to be a Patron. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.

[@NeilCrouse99]

I would love to convert one of the largest double deckers into a camper/motorhome...

[@worldcomicsreview354]

You could have a beach club area at the back like a luxury yacht. With a "tender garage" downstairs containing a Smart Roadster (or MG Midget)

[@notroll1279]

It's been done - by a Dutch youtuber.

[@fsffs2413]

Used to drive these around Europe in the 80's. Was a great job then 😊

[@jongmans38]

Your videos keep on exceeding you last. Love this channel.

[@vladansretenovic1952]

Great videos, love the engine sounds always present!

[@JTA1961]

Well said

[@bjrnpost4633]

I remember a coach/long distance bus from Mercedes about 20 years ago. Very likely a v8 diesel in there. Purred like a cheetah. Regal or something like that.

[@ulrichskaarsgard7848]

I saw this bus on the Autobahn as a kid back in the 80's. Really quite a sight.

[@Infernal_Elf]

The elevated 1 floor is so way ahead of its time. its still very common for long haul buses. The toilet is also common.

[@danogeto78]

Thanks 🙏🏾 for this

[@timhuey1]

Nice video, I really enjoyed the content.

[@Grimm-Gaming]

Buses are cool. Ive never seen a double decker though irl. Also only been on a bus maybe 4 times ever.

[@Dillyvl]

3:14 Lima to rio de janeiro is 96 hours of driving, thats like a 7 to 10 day bus ride.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Why ? With two drivers you can do it in 4 and a bit

[@Techno-Universal]

The Megaliner was also featured in a comedy movie in the late 1970s/early 1980s which was seemingly inspired by the comedy movie Airplane.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Not quite. You’re thinking of the movie ‘The Big Bus’ which was indeed by some of the ‘Airplane’ people (and a very similar movie) but the bus featured was a custom-made (supposedly nuclear-powered!) vehicle.

[@Techno-Universal]

@@AtheistOrphan Yeah it was very similar to the Megaliner but was seemingly bigger so it was very likely inspired by or based on the Megaliner but was customised to be even larger! :)

[@augsburg83]

That was a Jumbocruiser, not a Megaliner

[@polbecca]

​@@AtheistOrphanThe aerodynamics work! He's breaking wind at 90!

[@bradwhite5884]

These Neoplan buses are a wonder to see, love to have one or two of each of these buses, one as is and the other converted into a camper, so yeah

[@15DEAN1995]

these are very cool but they wouldnt have a hope of fitting on the narrow twisty roads where im from

[@artysanmobile]

These can’t even run on most surface roads. Highways only, and no reverse. Mad skills to drive.

[@michaelcallummayaka]

@@artysanmobile A competent driver can drive an 18m articulated bus anywhere a 12m bus can be driven. The one who can only drive it on the highway is not competent.

[@artysanmobile]

@@michaelcallummayaka I am a highly competent Class A driver in the U.S. of 27 years. How ‘bout you?

[@eechauch5522]

@@artysanmobileI wouldn’t dare drive one myself, don’t even have a bus license. But that doesn’t invalidate the point, they can indeed run basically anywhere a regular bus fits through. I’ve been on a few articulated buses running through impressively tight streets and turns here in Germany. And surprisingly they somehow fit through, always really impressed with the drivers of these things. If you want an example that stuck to my mind, Route 200 from Radolfszell to Stein runs basically entirely on street as narrow enough you need to yield and it is indeed often served by articulated buses.

[@Suprahampton]

I remember seeing one of the Jumbo Cruisers in 1992 in either Germany or The Netherlands

[@Mach5Johnny]

That would be a sweet RV build!

[@utmtsuu]

Really want to see the triple decker bus....LOL

[@Tree0fL1fe]

I thought this was about the 1976 The Big Bus movie 😂

[@MattBrownbill]

I used to go to school on a Neoplan double decker. Very plush.

[@jordanoneill82]

i'd love to drive it..! normal busses are tricky, i can only imagine what it'd feel like to drive

[@JTA1961]

When your front tires are well behind you... it's weird to go over the curb when turning without hitting anything (or hopefully anyone)...

[@jordanoneill82]

@@JTA1961 yeah mate i used to be a bus driver, used to drive the renault-mack pr100. there'd be atleast 1.5-2.0 meters of overhang after the turning wheels. gotta physically go over curbs to avoid hitting them, is a bit tricky at first

[@dieseldragon6756]

The thing about the Neoplan story that *always* tears me apart is how the absolutely beautiful _StarLiner_ found itself being so tainted by the Brexit campaign that all examples now seem to have been pulled off the roads. 😭 I mean: What sort of _Dummkopf_ allows - Of all people - *Nigel Farage* and his cronies to push an isolationist *UK* campaign using a *German* built bus?... 🤔

[@MattBrownbill]

I want to watch the 1976 film 'the big bus' again now.

[@AtheistOrphan]

Me too!

[@user-il5zz8ey4g]

5:13 Este Neoplan Jumbo Cruiser Era Todo Un Tren De Alta Velocidad En La Carretera Y Buena Capacidad De Pasaje Casi Como Un Jumbo Jet Pero Sobre Ruedas

[@badbusdriver7160]

Wasn't "Cyclops" from "The Big Bus" (movie) the worlds largest bus?😂🤣 Seriously though, I had an Observers book of trucks and buses when I was a kid, and this articulated Neoplan was in it. Many years later as a bus driver for Stagecoach (Peterhead, NE Scotland), I did drive Neoplan Skyliners as we had a couple of them for a while. Great things to drive on the open road and very comfortable, but not ideal for the constant stopping and starting all the way out from the centre of Aberdeen. I'm assuming the gearbox was an automated manual and it did have a couple of issues. One is that setting off up a hill, it would roll back slightly before the drive kicked in which was slightly alarming (probably more so for anyone behind!). Once familiar with this behaviour, leaving a slight delay before releasing the parking brake would solve the problem. Also the changes from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd were very slow and ponderous. Not too bad after that because momentum was building by then. Also plenty of muscle pulling from about 30 or 40mph if I recall.

[@Ghostwritersinthesky]

Großartig, wegen der Größe wäre der sehr schön für einen Wohnmobilausbau. hat denn jemand sowas schon mal gebaut ? würd ich mal gerne ein video von dem wohnmobil sehen.

[@bingham1234567]

I would love to get a neoplan skyliner or starliner and make it a camper

[@Commander-McBragg]

The band Motörhead had one. Lemmy had the whole top floor. Everyone else was downstairs.

[@artysanmobile]

It’s good to be king.

[@JTA1961]

Everyone was like... Lemmy see...

[@WatchingMamut]

Where do you know that from?

[@worldcomicsreview354]

They should use huge buses like this just on motorways as "expresses", then have "stations" where minibuses take people to hotels in the city.

[@DomDOMT]

Neoplans in my home country isn't smooth at all, but their design and polarized ratings made them super cult heroes lol.

[@drdoomgoat38]

Cover locomotives as well my man

[@askme5805]

Mid endgine V12 bus :)

[@farhanpratama0285]

Supercar or Hypercar configurations.

[@owilliams1031]

Cabover trucks are basically mid-engined too.

[@bernhardjordan9200]

The big bus - 1976 , great movie

[@nopadelik9286]

🖤😄 .. i only remember the tire change scene 🤣

[@bernhardjordan9200]

@@nopadelik9286 flags of all nations

[@hammondpickle]

We're breaking wind at 90!

[@Free_Ranger_CT110]

We have road train trucks here in Australia, I wonder why these buses never caught on here?

[@demil3618]

US-Americans got a bad deal here, no V8 (or V10/V12 even). Same with Setras, they also received Cummins straight engines instead of Merc's V8s.

[@mpf1947]

The regular frame-cracking issues that Neoplan USA had were a far bigger issue than sharing a power plant with GM's own bus offerings.

[@demil3618]

@@mpf1947 Yeah but a V8 is more fun!

[@Iowa599]

If the back of #11 is hung from a mid engine cab (#1-#10) how quick will the two-engine behemoth run a 1/4 mile?

[@jordanoneill82]

30 seconds 🤣

[@Iowa599]

@@jordanoneill82 I was hoping for a low 14, or better, without passengers or seats.

[@jordanoneill82]

@@Iowa599 i really can't imagine a bus running a 14 second quarter mile🤣i mean that's not slow for a car, my old supercharged v6 used to run a high 12 low 13 second run, and it actually felt fast, if a bus could do that. it'd be astounding. i'd love to see

[@JD-wn3cc]

Raise flags of all nations! Iykyk

[@Andrew-if3sd]

3:23

[@johnwang9914]

So when will we see a Van Life conversion...

[@kleetus92]

No shit. Pittsburgh makes the cut at the very end! Let's Go Pens!

[@augsburg83]

Wasn’t the Jumbocruiser powered by a nuclear reactor? 😂😂😂🤣😉😉😉

[@senatorchinchilla5389]

These look like they don't fit any street in Europe. Heck they don't look like they fit on my commute in America.

[@JTA1961]

The dispare to be fully committed around a blind turn, only to find an obstacle blocking your forward progress, realizing reversing is not an option... & traffic is now at a bottleneck.

[@ValdeZ-im3jj]

Pusher trailer seems like idea that would cause trouble in some driving situations. I thought that it wouldn't have been allowed.

[@audriusbaranauskas6227]

Same thoughts. Imagine driving that in winter time...

[@chrisridethatbloodything2044]

Here in Europe they are quite common as city busses. But this concept might cause some issues at higher speeds.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Similar but opposite to the issues suffered by the FWD GM motorhomes of the 70s

[@ValdeZ-im3jj]

@@chrisridethatbloodything2044 Quite common? What others there are besides the one that this video talks about? I'm not talking about normal bendy buses but the type where power goes only to trailer wheels. I'm in Europe too.

[@brianb-p6586]

@@ValdeZ-im3jj diesel "normal bendy buses" (common articulated buses) in urban transit service in North America have the engine in the rear unit, driving the rear unit's axle, because that is the only viable configuration with a low floor. The New Flyer Xcelsior XD60 and Nova LFS Artic are common examples.

[@Leonid_333]

Train?

[@rfjel7785]

Have you ever seen The Big Bus movie?

[@owilliams1031]

At this point, why not build more semi trailer coaches?

[@MindsetWill1am]

Deutsche Ingenieurskunst

[@dimasaryandi2338]

Pertama ane 😊

[@farhanpratama0285]

Bus Adiputro termasuk gak ya.

[@dimasaryandi2338]

@@farhanpratama0285 nggak om, d negara kita blm ad yg bikin sampe 4 axle soalnya

[@farhanpratama0285]

@@dimasaryandi2338 tapi di video spek mesinnya ngeri juga V12.

[@lenowoo]

I want skyline We have skyline at the terminal Skyline at the terminal

[@solracer66]

I imagine that I'm about the only person who remembers this old movie... kzbin.info/www/bejne/npubkpqOjtx2aNE

[@danielhristov6175]

Constructive critisism: stop narrating like a grandma while overlapping with engine sound... (07:00) we can't understand anything.

[@bobstuart2638]

Fully packed, the bus still weighs almost twice as much as it carries. We can do much better.

[@JTA1961]

Not with mericans on board

[@markusgeimer3099]

What is a double lacker bus?? And we're they devil worshiper then they Devil-upped it?

[@JTA1961]

"Say10" feet tall...

[@NS-oq1ov]

I hardly try to understand the voice

[@failedracers4452]

Please don't use ChatGPT in your scripts.

[@snjert8406]

How do you know that he's doing that?

[@failedracers4452]

Because of the phraseology. Personally I'd call this human+AI, as it's obvious that human effort has gone into the research, however significant parts of the script use ChatGPT structuring. Especially at 00:46 and the end. I would say the majority of the script is actually written by the video's author, but there's definitely some ChatGPT bits.

[@Ridabu]

Please work on your English. You can always be better, agree?

[@YouTubeviolatesmy1stamendment]

The title

[@VisioRacer]

Thanks, haha!