Busscar

Busscar Ônibus S.A.
Company type	Sociedade anônima
Industry	Automotive
Founded	September 17, 1946
Founder	Augusto Bruno Nielson; Eugênio Nielson;
Defunct	September 27, 2012
Fate	Bankruptcy
Successor	Carbuss
Headquarters	Joinville, Brazil
Products	Buses, coaches, trolleybuses
Website	http://www.busscar.com.br

Busscar Ônibus S.A. was a Brazilian bus manufacturer that built coaches, trolleybuses, charter buses, and tour buses, founded on 17 September 1946. The company was based in Joinville in the south of Brazil, where it had industrial premises that covered 1,000,000 m² (11,000,000 sq ft). Busscar went defunct on 27 September 2012.

History

Busscar had its origins in a firm created on 17 September 1946, when two brothers of Swedish descent, Augusto Bruno Nielson and Eugênio Nielson, opened a carpentry shop in Joinville where they made wooden furniture, window frames, and desks. One year later, Nielson & Brother remodelled their first bus body. In 1949, they built a bus body entirely in wood, attached to a large Chevrolet chassis; this was the starting point of a business that would become an important bus manufacturing company in Latin America.

When Augusto's elder son Harold joined the company in 1956, it was en route to becoming the segment leader in Brazil, with innovative and successful models such as the Diplomata model in 1961, the Urbanuss in 1987, the Panorâmico DD in 1998, and others.

In 1990, the business, by then called Carrocerias Nielson, launched a new family of vehicles and changed its name to Busscar Ônibus, creating a brand that is still known internationally today despite the company's later demise.

Bankruptcy and successor

On 27 September 2012, the Brazilian judiciary of Santa Catarina declared the bankruptcy of Busscar due to effects from the economic crisis of 2008.^[1] The judge of the 5th Civil Court of Joinville, Walter Santin Júnior, approved the purchase of the Joinville factory in a final ruling on 21 March 2017, consisting of a R$9.4 million cash deposit and another R$57.74 million to be paid in 52 installments with monetary correction.

The name and activities of the new company were unknown, but in May 2017, new employment contracts became available after the end of the legal process.^[2] On 12 June 2017, Maurício Lourenço da Cunha, represented by Sergio Souza, assumed ownership of the factories, with the new company being named Carbuss.^[3]

Former models

Transit buses

Busscar Urbanuss
Busscar Urbanuss Ecoss II
Busscar Urbanuss Pluss
Pluss Híbrido
Pluss Low Floor
Pluss Troley
Pluss Tour
Articulado Low Floor
Nielson Urbanus
Busscar Urbanus I
Busscar Urbanus II
Busscar Urbanus II SS

Coaches

Panorâmico DD
Jum Buss 400
Jum Buss 380
Jum Buss 360
Vissta Buss Elegance 360
Vissta Buss Elegance 380
Vissta Buss HI
Vissta Buss LO
El Buss 340
El Buss 320
Interbuss
Nielson Diplomata 2.40
Nielson Diplomata 2.50
Nielson Diplomata 2.60
Nielson Diplomata 310
Nielson Diplomata 330
Nielson Diplomata 350
Nielson Diplomata 380
El Buss 320 I
El Buss 340 I
El Buss 360 I
Jum Buss 340 I
Jum Buss 360 I
Jum Buss 380 I
Jum Buss 340T I
Jum Buss 360T I
Jum Buss 380T I
El Buss 320 II
El Buss 340 II
Jum Buss 360 II
Jum Buss 380 II
Jum Buss 400 Panorâmico
Interbus
Vissta Buss

References

External links

[1] "Juiz decreta a falência da Busscar Ônibus em Joinville (in Portuguese)".

[2] "Contratações para a nova fábrica da Busscar podem começar em maio, diz advogado da Caio (in Portuguese)".

[3] "Loetz: Confira fotos de como está hoje a fábrica da Busscar Joinville por dentro".

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States