Mercedes-Benz O302

Mercedes-Benz O302
Preserved Mercedes-Benz O302 painted as the West German team bus for the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Overview
ManufacturerMercedes-Benz
Production1965-74
1972-76 (in Hyundai, Korea)
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor typeStep entrance
Powertrain
EngineMercedes-Benz OM 352
Mercedes-Benz OM 327
Mercedes-Benz OM 355
Mercedes-Benz OM 360
Dimensions
Width9.6-11.9 metres
Chronology
PredecessorMercedes-Benz O321
SuccessorMercedes-Benz O303

The Mercedes-Benz O302 is a chassis of a coach. It had a step-entrance. It was made from 1965 to 1974 by Mercedes-Benz.

History

Over 32,000 O302s were made, some were made as coaches and some were made as buses.

For the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany, each team was taken in a coach that was painted in the team's colours.

In 1976, It was replaced by the O303.

O302T

Mercedes-Benz O302T

In the 1960s and 1970s, Mercedes OTOMARSAN of Aksaray, Turkey made a new chassis called the O302T. It had a box-shaped chassis and a stronger engine.

References

  1. ↑ 40th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz O302: One for all Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Daimler 18 April 2005
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Mercedes-Benz O 302 coach from the 1974 Football World Cup". www.mercedes-benz.com. Retrieved 2025-07-23.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ O303: Complex coach range from Mercedes Commercial Motor 13 December 1974

Other websites

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