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Superior (bus manufacturer)

Superior Industries was an Australian bus body builder in Brendale, Brisbane.

History

Superior Industries was founded as a builder of truck and ambulance bodies in Virginia. Having diversified into bus bodying, in May 1969 it moved to larger premises in Vauxhall Street, Virginia.

In the late 1960s a large number of Leyland Leopards and in the mid-1980s some Leyland Tigers were bodied, but most bodies were mostly constructed on lighter chassis from Bedford and Ford and later Hino and Mercedes-Benz.

In 1977, Brighton Motor Body Company was acquired. In 1980, Superior moved to a new factory in Brendale. Superior ceased trading in 1996 by which time it had bodied about 450 buses.

Further reading

  • Newsletter of the Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society issues 59-66 2002

References