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The best of MAN’s world
How do the drivers of premier league football
clubs prepare for the important task of
safely transporting the stars to their games?
What characteristics render the Lion’s Intercity
a perfect school bus? And which challenges
are met by MAN engineers during bus testing
in the Sierra Nevada’s high-summer
months? In this edition of MANmagazine, we
1/2016
International
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Football professionals take MAN
once again focus on the topics of technology,
vehicles and mobility. Coverage, interviews
and features on and about buses offer a diverse
read of discovery.
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COVER STORY
At the training facility of Germany’s
automobile club ADAC, the coach drivers
of football pros practice how to safely
transport the players to their games.
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04 Swiss travels on a postbus
Astrid and Fred Krummenacher drive an
MAN Lion’s Regio through Graubünden for
the PostAuto Schweiz authority.
06 Oldtimer reborn
A 42-year-old Büssing bus receives a new
lease on life from MAN trainees.
08 Rock star
An MAN truck turns party platform.
10 News
Current reports from MAN’s world
14 Stress test under the scorching sky
In Spain’s Sierra Nevada, MAN and
NEOPLAN buses and coaches are pushed
to the very limit.
20 Training for excellence
Even the very best must practise: the
team coach drivers of football stars during
their safety drills.
26 Revéille to school
Brand-new MAN Lion’s Intercity buses
provide valuable transport services for the
school commute in the west of France.
32 Powerful pairings
Munich’s public transport authorities
rely on the efficient and flexible bus
trains of MAN.
38 The black shark
A luxury team coach of the Cologne Sharks
hockey team was customised in
the Bus Modification Centre Plauen.
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