Bendy Bus in Scrapyard - SMRT Mercedes Benz O405G Hispano Habit

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Maxson Goh Films a retired SMRT Mercedes O405G Hispano Habit bendy bus in a Scrapyard in Singapore awaiting scrapping. These buses were once a common sight on the roads, but all were retired in 2020.
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In 2000, Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS) introduced a third series of the Mercedes-Benz O405G buses, now fitted with the ‘Habit’ city bus bodywork by Spanish coachbuilder Hispano Carrocera.
Hispano Carrocera had engaged renowned Italian design company Pininfarina for the bodywork design, a company well-known for its long-term partnerships with leading car manufacturers. TIBS was the ‘launch customer’ for the Hispano Habit bodywork, purchasing the first batch of buses with this new bodywork. The design of the Hispano Habit was iconic, and soon became TIBS’s flagship bendy bus, as well as being the most common on the roads. It is easily recognisable by its dark front design and styling elements, such as the black border around its single-piece windscreen and headlights set against a black background.
These buses were fitted with a standard Mercedes-Benz OM 447 hLA engine paired with mix of Voith DIWA 863.3 (3-speed) and ZF Ecomat 4HP 590 (4-speed) automatic transmissions, in contrast to the earlier two Hispano MkI and MkII buses delivered only with the ZF transmission. Bodied by Spanish company Hispano Carrocera, underfloor air-conditioning was supplied by Hispacold. A set of dual-leaf inward-gliding entrance doors and two sets of dual-leaf plug doors for the exits were supplied by Bode-Masats. All doors are pneumatically operated.
At delivery, these buses were fitted with a set of either LAWO ALUMA or Transit Media TwinVision LeDot Electronic Display Signage (EDS). These Green Flip-Dot type EDS units had LEDs behind each individual flip-dot for improved visibility, as compared to the older Flip-Dot units on the Hispano MkI which used fluorescent lamps for illumination.
These 208 buses were registered between 10 June 2000 and 4 March 2004 as TIB1019Z - TIB1177A (excluding TIB1024H), and TIB1198P - TIB1247G. However, most units were registered by December 2001.
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