Berliet PR 100 Family

The Renault PR100 is a French city bus originally designed and marketed by Berliet from 1971, and sold as a Renault following the merging of Berliet into Renault Véhicules Industriels.

The PR100 was intended to be replaced by the 1987 Renault R312 but sales continued with a revised model called the PR100.2 and in 1993 with a further revised version called the PR112 with the last delivery in 1999. Over 13,500 buses of the PR100 range were produced in France. An articulated version was also produced from 1980 called the Renault PR180.2.

The original PR100 was developed and manufactured by Berliet. Commercial service starts during 1972 in Dijon (french city). Name “PR100” come from standard capacity of 100 passengers.

New version in 1977 : PR 100 MI, nicknamed “l'ami des piétons” (friend of the pedestrians) by manufacturer BERLIET. With 2308 vehicles, it's biggest series of PR 100.

The PR100 received a slightly altered front end in 1984, along with some technical improvements. This new model was called the PR100.2 and can be identified by the revised front bumper arrangement incorporating the lights.

In 1993 the PR112 was launched as an is updated and revised version of the PR100 with a new front end designed by Safra, losing the distinctive windscreen and front quarterlight design. The last PR112 was delivered in 1999 for city of Lorient.

The Renault PR180 is an articulated bus chassis produced in Lyon, France. The PR180 is based on Renault's popular PR100 rigid bus, and shares many common components. The Renault PR180 was designed around an interesting and unusual concept. Most articulated buses only have one driving axle - either the centre axle or the rear axle, however, the PR180.2 features two driving axles - centre and rear.

New version in 1985 : PR 180.2 based on PR100-2 rigid bus.

Last version with articulated bus PR118 based on PR112 bus.

During summer 1971, Berliet tries, in Grenoble city, a prototyp of trolleybus based on PR100 rigid bus with electric system. They are called ER100, or ER100.R. Cities of Grenoble, Lyon, Saint Etienne and Marseille used those trolleybuses.

Based on PR100-2, it's called ER100-2 or ER100-2.H. City of Limoges used them from 1987.

PER180 (or PER180-2) is a trolleybus based on PR180-2 articulated bus. It's dual mode bus, with diesel engine (same as PR180-2) and electric traction. Not a lot were sold, because of too sophisticated technology and expensive price. City of Nancy bought 45 of them.

It's a rare vehicle, built by Gruau carossery. It's a short bus (“midibus”) with less than 70 places.

Biggest version, a bi-articulated bus, with capacity of 206 passengers, was built by collaboration between Renault and Heuliez for city of Bordeaux. 10 megabus worked until tramway come in 2003.

Variants of PR100 were built under licence in some countries, like Poland (under Jelcz brand), Spain (Sonacome brand) or Australia.

source : wikipedia and transbus.org

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