The Roman 111 RD was a city bus produced at the Autobuzul works in Bucharest between 1978 and 1994. It was built under licence and was inspired by the German MAN 535 HO, a bus that MAN had made between 1962 and 1969.
Roman 111 RD at a glance
| Maker | Uzina Autobuzul, Bucharest |
|---|---|
| Production | 1978–1994 |
| Type | city bus |
| Licence | MAN, Germany |
| Model it followed | MAN 535 HO, built 1962–1969 |
| Years of the MAN original | 1962–1969 |
Based on one source: the Romanian Wikipedia article, which consists of a single sentence. No technical data beyond it is given here.
History of the Roman 111 RD
The Romanian bus industry of the 1970s worked largely on Western licences, and the Roman 111 RD was one of the results: the Bucharest Autobuzul works built it from 1978 to 1994 under a MAN licence, following the German MAN 535 HO that had been produced from 1962 to 1969.
The bus carried the Roman name even though it was assembled in Bucharest rather than at the Brașov lorry works, whose products also used the Roman badge. Romanian Wikipedia has only a short entry on the model, so this page records the facts given there and does not add technical data that the source does not contain.
Design and features
- MAN licence: built in Bucharest to a German design.
- MAN 535 HO inspiration: the Romanian bus followed the German model of 1962–1969.
- Long production: sixteen years, from 1978 to 1994.
Roman 111 RD versions
- Roman 111 RD (1978–1994): the only version described in the source.
Lorries of the same badge were built at Brașov, among them the DAC 665 and the Roman 10.215. More in our Roman collection.
Video: RESITA – Roman 111 autobuz
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Roman 111 RD, Romanian Wikipedia: maker, production years, licence, model followed
