KAROSA
11 entries
Czech bus and coach maker from Vysoké Mýto, whose Š 11, 700 and 900 series carried passengers across Czechoslovakia and beyond.
- Roots
- 1896, Josef Sodomka’s coach works
- Nationalised
- 1948
- Main ranges
- Š 11, 700 and 900 series
- Name ended
- January 2007
The company’s predecessor was Josef Sodomka’s carriage and coach works in Vysoké Mýto, founded in 1896. The firm was nationalised in 1948 and became the Karosa national enterprise.
Renault bought 34 percent in 1994 and a majority in 1996, and Karosa became part of Irisbus. Iveco became sole owner in 2003, and the Karosa name remained in use until January 2007, when the company became Iveco Czech Republic.
- 1896Sodomka coach works founded
- 1948Nationalised as Karosa
- 1994Renault buys 34 percent
- 2003Iveco becomes sole owner
- 2007Becomes Iveco Czech Republic
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KAROSA Karosa ŠM 11: the Czechoslovak city bus of the 1960s
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KAROSA Karosa ŠL 11: the intercity bus of the Š series
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KAROSA Karosa ŠD 11: the long-distance coach of the Š series
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KAROSA Karosa LC 735: the Czechoslovak touring coach
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KAROSA Irisbus Citybus 12M: the Renault-era low-floor bus from Karosa
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KAROSA Karosa C 934: the 900-series intercity bus
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KAROSA Karosa C 735: the long-route bus between C 734 and LC 735
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KAROSA Karosa C 956 Axer: the last Karosa intercity bus
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KAROSA Irisbus Citelis: the low-floor bus built in Vysoké Mýto
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KAROSA Karosa C 734: the intercity workhorse of the 700 series
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KAROSA Karosa B 931: the Czech city bus of the 1990s