Family - Setra

18 | The seventies
With their excellent performance and high-level
comfort, the Setra models from the 200 series
are very popular touring coaches for ever more
distant destinations.
1976
The cult generation
The seventies | 19
I
n many ways, the seventies
are marked by breakthrough
ideas and technological
innovations. Decades later, people
will look back at the seventies as a
cult era. Also at Kässbohrer, a new
generation emerges: the 200
series.
1973
Fundamentals for success:
technology and comfort
With the new models from the 200
series, what the onlooker sees first
is the undivided windscreen and
the streamlined side surfaces with
sintered windows. Once guests
make themselves comfortable
on the inside, they are pleasantly
surprised by an unmatched level of
comfort. In the new series, not only
are the individually suspended front
wheels equipped with air suspension,
but also the fixed rear axles. In the
new luxurious touring coaches, the
highly innovative cross-flow ventilation
ensures a pleasant interior
passenger environment and an
all-new level of travel wellbeing.
Super high-decker sensation
The S 200 super high-decker
celebrates its premiere in 1973,
causing as much of a stir as the
once legendary Setra S 8. The Setra
S 200 coach’s innovative comfort
and technology embody everything
that contributes to creating an
all-new generation of extremely
comfortable touring coaches – with
an on-board galley and lavatory
below deck, and a state-of-the-art
cross-flow ventilation and air
conditioning system which is way
ahead of its time. The “Rolls-Royce
of coaches”, as the S 200 is
described in a trade journal, is the
promising forerunner of the 200
series, which is introduced in the
summer of 1976 with six models,
four high-floor versions and two
high-deckers. From a technological
standpoint, the 200 series is an
absolute sensation.
The right coach
for any application
The touring, urban and regionalservice
coaches from the 200
series encompass five types –
Optimal, International, Rational,
Regional and Communal – with
various lengths, heights and door
configurations. The range even
includes special-application
coaches, such as export, library,
x-ray, and television vehicles, as well
as those conceived for transporting
convicts. All in all, between 1976
and 1991, 65 different construction
forms are created. This extensive
variety of types enables Setra to
address the most diverse market
requirements both in Germany
and abroad. Over the course of 15
years, a total of 27,680 units are
sold throughout Europe. With this
series, standardisation of individual
types and construction groups, as
well as improved production
processes, enable production to be
increased to eight buses per day.
1977
Bus of the Year 1977
A year after the introduction of the
new series, the Setra S 225 HD was
honoured by journalists with the
“Bus of the Year 1977” award. The
jury was especially impressed with
its comfortable equipment and
interior space conceived for
enhanced passenger wellbeing.