What brand of car is this?
September 27, 2011 1:48 AM Subscribe
What brand of car is this? I saw it in Iceland, I don't recognize it. There were no marks or words on the back. Over to you petrol-heads.
This seems to confirm Irisbus, which most people (myself included until 5 minutes ago) probably know simply as Iveco.
posted by deadwax at 4:00 AM on September 27, 2011
posted by deadwax at 4:00 AM on September 27, 2011
Response by poster: Thanks to both deadwax and especially to phaedon. I wonder how I got to my advanced age and had never seen that logo.
posted by priorpark17 at 4:31 AM on September 27, 2011
posted by priorpark17 at 4:31 AM on September 27, 2011
Iveco is an Italian brand without much of a presence in North America. It's like Scania - not a lot of awareness in the USA, because they don't make the kinds of trucks American truckers prefer (Long nose big rigs.)
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:02 AM on September 27, 2011
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:02 AM on September 27, 2011
Iveco has owned a good share of the US medium duty truck market for a long time, but those are the kinds of trucks no one outside of the industry really notices: bobtail box trucks, flatbed/stakebed delivery trucks, roll-off towtrucks, etc.
posted by buggzzee23 at 8:17 AM on September 27, 2011
posted by buggzzee23 at 8:17 AM on September 27, 2011
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Here's another pic of the exact same bus on Gestaferðir's website. The logo you linked to looked like a dolphin, I went with that. After a bunch of searching, first through Chinese bus manufacturers, then European, I pulled up Irisbus.
Their minibus offering is called The Daily. And here's their brochure. [PDF] Image of a slightly updated model here. Hell, here's a used version of the Daily for sale in Italy.
(You could also contact the minibus operator to confirm.)
posted by phaedon at 3:06 AM on September 27, 2011 [4 favorites]