DAF SB220 explained

DAF SB220
Manufacturer:	DAF
Production:	1985 -
Assembly:	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Length:	11.3or
Width:	2.55m (08.37feet)
Height:	3.04m (09.97feet)
Floortype:	Step entrance Low floor Low entry
Doors:	1 or 2
Engine:	DAF GS160M
Powerout:	218 horsepower
Transmission:	ZF Ecomat 4HP500
Successor:	DAF/VDL SB200 VDL SB250

The DAF SB220 was a full-size single-decker bus chassis produced by DAF Bus International from 1985.^[1] Initially only built in left hand drive, in 1988 a right hand drive version was launched for the United Kingdom market.^[2] An articulated version was also manufactured.^[3]

It was superseded by the DAF/VDL SB200 and SB250.

Types

• Step entrance
• Low floor

Bodywork

Makes and models of bodywork were fitted to the SB220 full-size single-decker bus chassis include the following:

United Kingdom (step entrance)

• Ikarus Citibus
• Northern Counties Paladin
• Optare Delta^{[4] [5]}

United Kingdom (low floor/low entry)

• Alexander ALX300^[6]
• East Lancs Myllennium
• Ikarus Polaris
• Ikarus 481
• Plaxton Prestige / Northern Counties Paladin LF

Ireland (step entrance)

• Alexander Setanta
• Plaxton Verde^[7]

Netherlands (step entrance)

• Berkhof ST2000NL
• Den Oudsten B88
• Den Oudsten B89 Alliance

Portugal (step entrance)

• CAMO Camus
• CAMO Cronus (Only 2 units of the "standard" version of this bodywork were produced, and both used the SB220 chassis)
• Marcopolo Allegro

Spain (step entrance)

• Castrosua CS 40 City
• Hispano Carrocera VOV
• Ugarte U-2000^[8]
• Unicar U-90

Singapore (step entrance)

• Alexander Setanta (1 unit used a replaced front after an accident, all retired by 1 December 2016)
• Hispano Carrocera (All retired and sold to United Kingdom or New Zealand, ex-City Shuttle Service DAF SB220LT abandoned somewhere in New Zealand)

Romania (step entrance)

• DAF SB 220-Castrosua (RATB Bucharest)
• DAF SB 220-Elvo (RATB Bucharest)
• DAF SB 220-Hispano Carocera (RATB Bucharest)

Notes and References

1. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/1st-june-1985/19/oafs-lynx-rival-takes-to-road DAF's Lynx rival takes to road
2. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/11th-february-1988/23/sb220-spearheads-des-single-deck-bus-attack SB220 spearheads Daf's single-deck bus attack
3. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/5th-march-1992/16/northern-alights-on-artic Northern alights on artic
4. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/7th-april-1988/16/optare-ready-to-go-with-daf-s8220-chassis Optare ready to go with Daf SB220 chassis
5. http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=237&Type=Body Optare Delta
6. http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=53 Alexander ALX300
7. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/28th-november-1991/20/plaxton-waits-for-dublin-bus-deal Plaxton waits for Dublin Bus deal
8. Web site: DAF SB220 with Ugarte U2000 bodywork from Burgos, Spain . 2009-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091229223437/http://www.burgosenbus.es/AB/presentacion/foto2_g.jpg . 2009-12-29 . dead .