Product Description
City bus with a luminous livery
The WIKING model of the Mercedes-Benz O 305 is reminiscent of a change in strategy towards more safety in road traffic - public transportation was supposed to become more eye-catching. In the late seventies, the familiar bus beige slowly but surely gave way to more individual colour schemes that public transportation authorities in many places had chosen for their fleet in a bid to make it stand out and draw more attention. Numerous operators switched to a wide, all-around central belt with a bright colour, while painting the base and the roof part white. With the O 305, Mercedes-Benz managed to introduce a new type of city bus and to quickly make it ubiquitous in Germany’s streetscapes. Before production ended in 1985, a total of 16,000 O 305 buses rolled off the lines. Nearly all major local transit companies successfully operated with the O 305 for many years.
Year manufacture
1969-85
Character of model
City bus decked out in seventies garb
Product details
Body white, black-grey chassis with slate grey interior. Headlamps and Mercedes-Benz star painted silver. Bumper, imprinted black. Fire red flank design. Silver Mercedes-Benz star on the rear and tail lights imprinted red.
Item Size/Weight : 12.6 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm / 23g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- 097008
- JAN code
- 4006190970082
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 24 per household.