The Irisbus Axer was an intercity bus built from 2001 to 2007, in the first years of Irisbus. It belonged to the generation of models that the new company formed in 1999 from the bus divisions of Renault Véhicules Industriels and Iveco, and it was replaced in the range by the Crossway.
Irisbus Axer at a glance
| Maker | Irisbus |
|---|---|
| Production | 2001–2007 |
| Class | intercity bus |
| Company formed | January 1999, Renault Véhicules Industriels and Iveco |
| Ownership | 100% Iveco from 2001, named Irisbus Iveco 2003–2010 |
| Renamed | Iveco Bus in May 2013 |
| Headquarters | Turin |
The sources available for this page describe the Axer only in the model list of the company article, so the page is short and based on one model list plus the company history.
History of the Irisbus Axer
Irisbus in the years of the Axer
Irisbus was created in January 1999 by the merger of the coach and bus divisions of Renault Véhicules Industriels with those of Fiat Industrial and Iveco, and the Hungarian manufacturer Ikarus was added late in the same year. When the Axer went into production in 2001, the company had just passed entirely to Iveco, and from 2003 to 2010 it traded as Irisbus Iveco. The range of those years was a mixture of inherited models: Iveco designs such as the EuroClass and the CityClass, Renault designs such as the Agora and the Ares, and newer types such as the Europolis.
Place in the range
The Axer sat among the intercity buses of the range, and it stayed in production until 2007. It was still listed among the old Irisbus models after the division was reorganised: in May 2013 the Irisbus name was retired and the business was rebranded as Iveco Bus, a division of Iveco based in Turin, with offices in Lyon, Watford and Mainz and its main plants at Annonay and Vysoké Mýto.
Design and features
- First-generation Irisbus: a model of the years when the company was still a Renault and Iveco joint venture.
- Intercity role: part of the bus range between the city models and the touring coaches.
- Short life: produced from 2001 to 2007, a span of six years.
Irisbus Axer versions
- Axer (2001–2007): the intercity bus as listed in the Irisbus range.
The Axer was followed in the Irisbus range by the Irisbus Crossway; its contemporaries included the Irisbus CityClass and the Irisbus Arway. More buses are in the Irisbus collection.
Video: Irisbus Axer Le Coeur
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Iveco Bus, Italian Wikipedia: model list, production years
- Iveco Bus, English Wikipedia: company history, ownership, renaming
