Solaris

Basic Infomation
Solaris is a Polish bus manufacter starting In 1996, they currently produce the Urbino family and their hybrid and electrical powered counterparts. Their buses are available for download at Playglobe.

The Urbino Family
All members of the Urbino family are low floored buses, known for their 'chic' design, saftey feayures and all round ruggedness. Each Urbino member cater to a different city or sometimes work on the same route. They come In sizes 8.6m to 18.7m and range from 2 doors to 4. Since 2004 the Urbino family have been bought by many bus compaiies across Euripe and the earliest example In OMSI Is the Urbino 15. All

Alpino
The Solaris Alpino is the smallest and only Urbino member to not carry the Urbino name.

It is best suited for small city streets and mountainous towns and produces the smallest Co2 levels of any other normal engined Urbino. It uses the Cummins ISB6.7E6 250B engines producing 187kW, which is the same as the low spec Urbino 10 and 12.

It Is 8.6m In length.

Urbino 10
The Solaris Urbino 10 Is the smallest Urbino to be available with three doors.

Like the Alpino It uses the same Cummins 250B engine, but as a low specified version. This bus is also the smallest Urbino to be available with two engine choices. The second is a Cummins 280B producing 209kW.

This bus would be used for around 2-6 mile city journeys and mountainous trips, longer than the Alpino.

It Is 10m In length.

Urbino 12
The Solaris Urbino 12 Is the smallest Urbino to have a range of DAF manufactured engines.

The range of engines Include: The standard 209kW Cummins 280B

Optionals: Cummins 250B, 187kW and DAF MX11 engines producing, 210, 240 and 271kW.

This bus would be used for around 6-12 mile city journeys (depending on how thin the road is)

It Is 12m In length.

Urbino 15
The Solaris Urbino 15 Is the first In the Urbino family to have three axles, due to Its long lenght and the first to only use DAF manufactured engines, Instead of the option of It and the Cummins. The DAF engine standardly used is the 240kW veraion and the 271kW as an option

This bus would be used for long city drives and even peak timed airport shuttles.

It Is 15m In length.

Urbino 18 & 18.7
The Solaris Urbino 18 uses the same engine layout as the Urbino 15 only Its an articulated bus. They are usually 18m In length making It the longest and biggest Urbino around. There Is also a rare 18.7m version used for very highly dense cities with big roads