Anyone wanting to treat their new buses to something chic and practical, and certainly something individual, the Design Centre is just the right place for them. The design specialists give advice across both the Mercedes-Benz and Setra brands – also at the Busworld exhibition. Bus customers can revel here in fabrics, leather materials and paintwork and put together the individual equipment for their new bus under expert guidance at the configurator. Two experts use the 3D configurator to combine the components in the passenger compartment – with taste and a feel for colours and materials. For the first time, 2D models of the main prototype can be transferred to 3D to provide a particularly realistic representation. Another design sees to the exterior design and presents individual solutions on the spot. To match the bus, the company and the use.

This year another subject comes under the spotlight: the staff from the Design Centre also provide information about the new UN ECE-R118.02/03 fire-protection regulation. It applies to newly registered buses from August 2020. Optimised fire tests make materials in the passenger compartment even safer.

Mercedes-Benz and Setra have long since started changing their collections over. Currently, all materials used particularly in the interior are tested and redesigned if necessary. Therefore: fabrics and leather materials at Mercedes-Benz and Setra are not only chic, practical and individual – the are also safe.

Mercedes-Benz Omnibus Magazine: Issue 03 | 2019