Grivița (vehicle manufacturer)

Compania Industrială Griviţa S.A.

Company type	Joint-stock company
Industry	Bus manufacturing
Founded	1993; 32 years ago (1993) 1926 as Atelierele Leonida Bucharest
Headquarters	Chitila, Ilfov, Romania
Products	Buses
Revenue	24,986,575 RON (2008)[1]
Number of employees	128 (2009)[2]
Website	cigrivita.ro

Compania Industrială Griviţa (former Atelierele Leonida and Întreprinderea de Reparații Auto (IRA) Grivița București)[3] is a bus manufacturer based in Chitila, Ilfov county, Romania. The company is also specialized in vehicle servicing and spare parts production. Their main production line is the coach bus called Grivbuz.

Overview

The company started building its own series of buses in 1997 with a midibus prototype.[4]

Their product line includes the:

• Grivbuz 7U midibus built in collaboration with Roman in 2001, and updated in 2003. Such buses have 44 passengers capacity and have been operating in the city of Tulcea.[5][6]
• Grivbus city bus built in 1999 in three or two doors versions and powered by Renault engine. They have been operating in Cluj-Napoca and Tulcea under public operators and other cities by private owners.[7][8][9]
• Grivbuz G07 or Mercedes-Griviţa which is a 7m midibus, based on a Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis with modified body. Has a 27/37 passenger capacity, depending on the version – urban or interurban.[10][11]
• Grivbuz G12, a 12m coach bus manufactured in two versions – intercity or long-distance coach. They have been developed in collaboration with Roman in 2004. The engines are either MAN EURO 3 – 285 HP or Renault EURO 3 – 265 HP. The Romanian Gendarmerie owns 50 Grivbuz G12 buses.[10][12][13]
• Grivbus/Scania city bus built under Scania/Hess licence since 2006 equipped with a 260 HP EURO 3 engine. This type of buses are operating in the city of Târgu Jiu.[14][15][16][17]

References

1. "Bilanturi contabile". FirmePeNet. Archived from the original on 2011-08-19.
2. "S.C. Compania Industriala Grivita S.A." Firme.info.
3. History of CI Grivița București
4. Compania Industrială Griviţa. "O companie într-o continuă dezvoltare". Retrieved 20 October 2010. În 1997 începe construcţia primului autobuz tip GRIVBUZ, care a fost doar începutul unei serii de alte modele destinate transportului urban, interurban şi turistic.
5. "Autobuzele S.C. Transport Public S.A. Tulcea". Asociaţia Transira.
6. "Autobuze Grivbus in Tulcea". Transport în comun Tulcea.
7. "Autobuzele RATUC-ului". Tram Club România. 23 November 2005.
8. "Autobuze Grivbus in Cluj". Transport în comun Cluj.
9. "Autobuze Grivbus". Transport în comun in București. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
10. "Autobuzele GRIVBUS". Tram Club România.
11. "GRIVBUZ G07 – MV4,25". Compania Industrială Griviţa.
12. "GRIVBUZ G12I-M280 (autobuz interurban)". Compania Industrială Griviţa.
13. "GRIVBUZ G12T-PVI 265 (autobuz turistic)". Compania Industrială Griviţa.
14. "Autobuzele GRIVBUS". Tram Club România.
15. "Autobuzele din Târgu Jiu". Tram Club România.
16. "Grivbus autobuzul unei aliante de succes". Transporter. 27 December 2008.^[permanent dead link‍]
17. "Autobuze Grivbus in Targu Jiu". Transport în comun Târgu Jiu.

Gallery

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  G07 midibus
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  Classic city bus
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  Scania-Hess body

External links

• Grivbuz vehicles
• Grivbuz (Facut In Romania)
• Google Maps - Compania Industriala Grivita S.A.