{{short description|Netherlands based bus manufacturer}} {{redirect-confused|DAF Bus|DAF Trucks}} {{Infobox company | name = VDL Bus Group | logo = VDL Bus & Coach logo.svg | image = VDL Futura KSK934.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = A VDL Futura coach near Newhouse, Scotland. | type = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = Berkhof<br>Bova<br>DAF Bus<br>Hainje<br>Jonckheere<br>Kusters | successor = | foundation = 1993 | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Valkenswaard | location_country = Netherlands | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Rolf-Jan Zweep (CEO)<ref>https://www.sustainable-bus.com/news/rolf-jan-zweep-ceo-vdl-bus-coach/#:~:text=Rolf%2DJan%20Zweep%20is%20new,Commerce%2C%20Corporate%20Finance%20and%20Acquisitions</ref> | industry = Automotive | products = Buses and Coaches | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = VDL Groep | divisions = | subsid = | website = [http://www.vdlbuscoach.com www.vdlbuscoach.com] }}
'''VDL Group''' (also previously called as '''DAF Bus''') is a Dutch vehicle manufacturer. It is an amalgamation of several bus building companies within the VDL Groep. VDL Bus Group has manufacturing plants in Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.vdlbuscoach.com/Company/Company.aspx Core activities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421210143/http://www.vdlbuscoach.com/Company/Company.aspx |date=2019-04-21 }} VDL Bus & Coach</ref> By 2018 VDL Bus & Coach sold 500 electric buses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://insideevs.com/news/340580/vdl-bus-amp-coach-sold-500th-electric-bus/ |title= VDL Bus & Coach Sold 500th Electric Bus |first=Mark |last=Kane |website= InsideEVs | date=2018-09-26 | access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>
== History == [[File:Arriva 8691-III.JPG|thumb|VDL Citea XLE-145]] [[File:BVG V3093-III.JPG|thumb|VDL Citea DLF-114]] thumb|VDL Futura FHD3 thumb|VDL Futura FDD2-141 [[File:DLA304.JPG|thumb|Arriva Shires & Essex Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250LF at Northwood tube station in June 2014]] [[File:XIL15391.jpg|thumb|Plaxton Paramount bodied DAF MB200]] [[File:Arriva North West VDL Wright Pulsar MX59 JJU.jpg|thumb|Arriva North West Wright Pulsar 2 bodied VDL SB200 in Liverpool]] [[File:MCV DD102 VDL DB300 prototype amc1 (15871585626).jpg|thumb|Kowloon Motor Bus MCV DD102 bodied VDL DB300 in Hong Kong in November 2014]] VDL Bus & Coach originates from the VDL Groep acquiring the following bus building companies in the Netherlands and Belgium:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-07|title=VDL at Euro6|url=https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/vdl-euro6/|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Bus & Coach Buyer|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=VDL Weborganigram|url=https://www.vdlgroep.com/_asset/_public/Brochure/VDL_Weborganigram_UK_2019-08_DEF.pdf|access-date=2020-09-13}}</ref>
* Berkhof (acquired in 1998, based in Valkenswaard, became VDL Bus Modules). Formerly part of Berkhof Jonckheere Groep, which VDL Groep acquired in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ANP|date=1998-10-06|title=VDL neemt Berkhof Jonckheere over|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-bf92dba3|access-date=2020-09-13|website=de Volkskrant|language=nl-NL}}</ref> * Bova (acquired in 2003, based in Valkenswaard, became VDL Bus Valkenswaard).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-05-07|title=Fusie busfabrikanten|url=https://www.trouw.nl/gs-b5f9db82|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Trouw|language=nl-NL}}</ref> * DAF Bus (acquired in 1993, based in Eindhoven, became VDL Bus Chassis). Originally named DAF Bus International after being separated from the truck-building business of DAF, it joined United Bus in 1990. It became a subsidiary of VDL Groep after United Bus collapsed in 1993. DAF Bus International was renamed VDL Bus International in September 2003. In 2008, VDL Bus International was renamed VDL Bus Chassis.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081116152717/http://www.vdlbuscoach.com/index.php?pageid=338&nstart2008 VDL Bus International becomes VDL Bus Chassis] VDL Bus Chassis September 2008</ref> * Hainje (acquired in 1998, based in Heerenveen, became VDL Bus Heerenveen). Formerly part of Berkhof Jonckheere Groep, which VDL Groep acquired in 1998. * Jonckheere (acquired in 1998, based in Roeselare, became VDL Bus Roeselare). Formerly part of Berkhof Jonckheere Groep, which VDL Groep acquired in 1998. * Kusters (acquired in 1998, based in Venlo, became VDL Bus Venlo). Formerly part of Berkhof Jonckheere Groep, which VDL Groep acquired in 1998. * Van Hool (acquired in 2024). Acquired the bus building part of the company after the company became bankrupt. Performed a merger with Van Hool afterwards, changing their name from "VDL Bus & Coach" to "VDL Bus Group".
== Leadership == * Rémi Henkemans (2017) * Henk Coppens (2017–2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henk Coppens new Managing Director VDL Bus & Coach bv, our Strategic GPN Partner - |url=https://gpn.travel/henk-coppens-new-managing-director-vdl-bus-coach-bv-strategic-gpn-partner/ |access-date=2026-04-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Paul van Vuuren (2021–2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-07-01 |title=Change at the helm of VDL Bus & Coach. Paul van Vuuren is the new CEO |url=https://www.sustainable-bus.com/news/paul-van-vuuren-new-ceo-vdl-bus-coach/ |access-date=2026-04-04 |website=Sustainable Bus |language=en-US}}</ref> * Rolf-Jan Zweep (2023–present)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-01-17 |title=Rolf-Jan Zweep took over the position of CEO at VDL Bus & Coach |url=https://www.sustainable-bus.com/news/rolf-jan-zweep-ceo-vdl-bus-coach/ |access-date=2026-04-04 |website=Sustainable Bus |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Products== ===Current=== ====Integral buses and coaches==== * Citea * Futura * Midcity
====Chassis==== * SB180 - Low entry * SB200 - Low entry * SB230 - Low entry * SBR230 - Low entry * DB300 - Double deck * TB2175 - Heavy duty (front engine) * TBR2175 - Heavy duty (front engine) * SB4000 - Intercity / Coach * SBR4000 - Coach
====Van conversions==== * MidCity * MidEuro
===Historical (including DAF bus models)=== ====Integral coaches and whole vehicles==== * Lexio (interurban bus body on VDL SB4000 chassis, marketed as VDL Bova Lexio) * Magiq (integral coach, ex Bova, renamed VDL Bova Magiq) * Synergy (double deck coach body on VDL SBR4000 chassis, marketed as VDL Bova Synergy)
====Chassis==== * B62 * B1100 * B1300 * B1500 * B1502 * B1600 * DB250 * MB200 * MB205 * MB210 * MB230 * MBG200 * MBG205 * SB120 * SB201 * SB210 * SB220 * SB225 * SBR235 * SB250 * SB260 - Chassis modules for VDL Citea SLF * SB1600 * SB1602 * SB1605 * SB2000 * SB2005 * SB2100 * SB2300 * SB2305 * SB2700 * SB2705 * SB2750 * SB3000 * SBG220 * SBR3000/SBR3015 * TB100 * TB102 * TB160 * TB163 * TB300 * TB2100 * TB2105
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.vdlbuscoach.com VDL Bus & Coach website]
{{European bus builders}} {{Automotive industry in the Netherlands}}
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