Hyundai Aero City

Hyundai Aero City
File:Daegu Bus Route 323.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer	Hyundai
Production	1991-present
Designer	Mitsubishi Fuso (1991-1994), Hyundai Motor Company Design Center (1994-present)
Body and chassis
Class	Commercial vehicle
Body style	Bus
Platform	Mitsubishi Fuso AERO STAR (1991-1994), Hyundai Bus Chassis (1994-present)
Doors	1 door or 2 doors
Floor type	Low floor/Step entrance
Related	Hyundai Global 900, Bering Aero City, Bering Gloal 900
Powertrain
Transmission	Hyundai/Mitsubishi (manual), ZF/Allison (automatic)
Chronology
Predecessor	Hyundai RB

The Hyundai Aero City (hangul:현대 에어로시티) is a heavy-duty bus built by Hyundai Motor Company and primarily used as a city and intercity bus. It is distinguishable by a front 'Aero City' badge, but the common Hyundai badge is usually on the rear.

The model's principal competitor is the Daewoo BS/BM bus series, but it also competed against the now-discontinued Kia AM bus series (originally Asia AM).

Models

The Aero City was built on the Mitsubishi Fuso bus chassis until 1994, when Hyundai created its own bus chassis. The Aero City has been produced under many different names. The current models include:

• New Super Aero City F/L (restyled): manufactured since late 2007. Also available in L model.
• New Super Aero City low floor F/L (restyled): long wheelbase with handicapped entry, manufactured since 2008; uses Allison or ZF transmission.
• Unicity: a variant of the New Super Aero City F/L with coach bus elements. Manufactured since late 2011.
• Bluecity: a CNG-electric hybrid variant of the New Super Aero City low floor F/L. Manufactured since late 2011.
• Greencity: a shorter version of the New Super Aero City F/L.

Past models include:

• Aero City 520/540: built on the Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star chasis from 1991 to 1994.
• Aero City 520/540/540L/540SL (new model): built on Hyundai's own chassis, manufactured from 1994 to 2001. Also available in L and SL models (L and SL models have a slightly lower decked floor).
• Super Aero City: manufactured from 2000 to 2004. Also available in L and SL models.
• Super Aero City low floor: long wheelbase with handicapped entry, manufactured in 2004; uses Allison or ZF transmission.
• New Super Aero City: manufactured from 2005 to 2007. Also available in L model.
• New Super Aero City low floor: long wheelbase with handicapped entry, manufactured from 2005 to 2008; uses Allison or ZF transmission.
• Global 900: a shorter version of the Super Aero City and New Super Aero City.

• City bus in Daejeon.jpg

  Super Aero City in Daejeon. (2000-2002 front-end styling)

• US Army 2000-2001 Hyundai Super Aero City 1032.JPG

  Super Aero City in the Yongsan Garrison. (2000 rear-end styling)

• Seoul Metropolitan Bus (Sunjin) Route 752 bus.JPG

  Super Aero City running on Seoul Buses (Seoul Transportation Network) route 507. (2001-2004 Super Aero City rear-end styling)

• Seoul Metropolitan Bus (Gimpo) Route 642 bus.JPG

  New Super Aero City running on Seoul Buses (Gimpo Traffic Service) route 642.

• Seoul Metropolitan Bus (Damoa Motors) Route 470 bus.JPG

  New Super Aero City low floor bus running on Seoul Buses (Damoa Motors Corp.) route 470.

• Seoul Metropolitan Bus (Dongseong) Route 3012 bus.JPG

  New Super Aero City (restyled) running on Seoul Buses (Dongseong Traffic Service) route 3012.

• Seoul Metropolitan Bus (Yooseong) Route 7016 bus.JPG

  New Super Aero City (restyled) low floor bus running on Seoul Buses (Yooseong Traffic Service) route 7016.

• Seoul Metropolitan Bus (Seoul Bus) Route 401 bus.JPG

  Bluecity low floor bus running on Seoul Buses (Seoul Bus Corp.) route 401.

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  A refurbished New Super Aero City in Russia (Rostov Region)

See also

• Hyundai Motor Company
• Hyundai Aero
• Hyundai Global 900
• Hyundai RB
• List of buses