7-549: Karsan Jest is a low-floor minibus produced by Turkish automobile company Karsan . Karsan Jest started production in 2013. It was designed by Karsan affiliate Hexagon Studio. Production is based in Bursa , Akçalar. 70% of the parts in the bus are produced in Turkey. Karsan Jest's engine is diesel . The engine is a front-wheel drive, Common Rail , four cylinder, 2.3 liters, 129 horsepower and produces 320 Nm energy. It also has
14-456: A variant with automated manual transmission. It seats 12 to 20 passengers depending on the specific configuration, the variant with 11 fixed and 4 foldable seats is the standard, all other seating configurations are produced on request. An optional version of the bus includes wifi . The bus has a total of 5 seating options. A ramp for disabled people to get off and on the bus is available. Minibus A minibus , microbus , or minicoach
21-626: Is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan , but fewer people than a full-size bus . In the United Kingdom , the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger-carrying van or panel truck . Minibuses have a seating capacity of between 12 and 30. Larger minibuses may be called midibuses . Minibuses are typically front engine step-in vehicles, although low floor minibuses are particularly common in Japan. It
28-484: Is an exemption for certain volunteer drivers, where the vehicle does not exceed 3500 kg GVW (or 4250 kg GVW if the vehicle is designed to be wheelchair accessible). Driving licence source A driving licence issued in Ontario , Canada, for an equivalent of a UK class B or class B-auto driving licence (in the case of Ontario, a class G licence) , allows its holder to drive vehicles with: Anyone wanting to drive
35-535: Is unknown when the first minibus vehicle was developed. For example, Ford Model T vehicles were modified for passenger transport by early bus companies and entrepreneurs. Ford produced a version during the 1920s to carry up to 12 people. In the Soviet Union , the production of minibuses began in the mid-1950s, among the first mass-produced minibuses were the RAF-10, UAZ -451B, and Start. Since September 1961,
42-478: The RAF-977D "Latvia" minibus began to be mass-produced. There are many different form of public transportation services around the world that are provided by using vehicles that can be considered as minibus: Some countries may require an additional class of driving licence over a normal private car licence, and some may require a full commercial driving licence . The need for such a licence may depend on: In
49-490: The UK the following information regarding Minibus driving licences is important: "The holder of an ordinary car driving licence which was obtained prior to January 1997, once aged 21 years minimum, may drive a Minibus with a capacity of 16 passengers. Where the "ordinary car driving licence" is obtained after December 1996, they will have to take a separate test to drive a vehicle with a capacity of more than 8 passengers. However, there
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