Irizar

This article is about a coach bodybuilder. For the icebreaker, see ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5).
Irizar Group
Industry Manufacturing
Founded 1889
Headquarters Ormaiztegi, Spain
Key people
 José Manuel Orcasitas (Chief Executive Officer)
Products Buses
Production output
 3,000 buses per year
Website Irizar website
Irizar PB (on Scania K114EB chassis) for Greyhound UK in the UK
Irizar Century (on Scania K340EB) for Worthing Coaches in the UK
Irizar i3LE (on Scania K250UB) demonstrator in the UK

Irizar Group is a Spanish-based builder of luxury coach vehicle bodies, established in 1889. It is located in Ormaiztegi in the Basque Country, Spain.

It is the market-leading builder of coach vehicle bodies in Spain (with a market share of over 40%), and ranks second in Europe, its coach bodies being available in many parts of the world. Apart from its main plant in the Basque Country, which produces around 1000 bodies per year, Irizar also has factories in other countries: in Skhirat (Morocco), Tianjin (China), Botucatu (Brazil), Querétaro (México), Centurion (South Africa) and in Tamil Nadu (India) (in partnership with Ashok Leyland and TVS Motors). Together they have a production of over 3,000 bodies a year. The Irízar group also owns Hispacold, which makes air conditioning systems for coaches, and Masats, makers of automated bus and coach doors and ramps.[1]

Irízar works especially closely with Scania, having jointly designed a bodywork, the i4. However, Irizar bodies can also be found on other manufacturers' platforms, such as MAN, Irisbus, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, etc.

Products

Lamborghini LM002

From 1986 to 1993, apart from coaches, the Irizar factory also produced the bodywork and interior of the Lamborghini LM002 luxury off-road vehicle. The finished bodies were then sent to the Lamborghini factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese to mount them on the chassis and engine.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
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