Mercedes-Benz OF

The Mercedes-Benz OF series of truck platforms are omnibus chassis with front engine, drum brakes, spring suspension, produced by Mercedes-Benz in Argentina and Brazil for the market South American. Depending on the model, they can be for urban or interurban use of short or medium distance since they are basic platforms of high floor. The abbreviation OF stands for omnibus front-mounted engine «front engine bus».

History

The Mercedes-Benz OF chassis represented the continuity of the front engine buses LO 1114 and OC 1214, the latter sharing the characteristic of being front and rear. not semifrontal like the first ones.

In the city of Buenos Aires were widely used during much of the 1980s and some years of the 90', discontinued in 1993 after the new regulations in Buenos Aires, which prohibited the use of motor forward in urban buses, However, they are still widely used in other Argentine markets.

Mercedes-Benz OF Chassis (1982 - present)

Here are some models of this Mercedes-Benz chassis series for the body of a bus: 

Serie:	Origin:	Years:	Distance between axis:	Engine	Power
OF 1114	Argentina	1982 - 1982	4570 mm	OM 352	140 hp
OF 1214	Argentina	1982 - 1993	4570 mm	OM 352	140 hp
OF 1215	Argentina	1991 - 1992	4570 mm	OM 352	150 hp
OF 1320	Argentina	1990 - 1993	4570 mm	OM 366 LA	200 hp
OF 1115 (O 366)	Brasil	1984 - 1998	4570 mm	OM 366	150 hp
OF 1318	Brasil/Argentina	1984 - 1998	5170 mm	OM 366 A	180 hp
OF 1620	Brasil/Argentina	1994 - 2000	6050 mm	OM 366 LA	200 hp
OF 1418	Brasil/Argentina	1999 - 2015	5250 mm	OM 366 A / OM 904	180 hp
OF 1519	Brasil/Argentina	2007 - presente	5250 mm	OM 924	190 hp
OF 1621	Argentina	2017 - presente	5250 mm	OM 924 Euro V	210 hp
OF 1721	Brasil	1998 - presente	5950 mm	OM 924 / OM 366 LA Euro II	221 hp
OF 1722	Brasil/Argentina	2006 (2013 en Argentina) - 2015	5950 mm	OM 924 LA Euro III	220 hp
OF 1724	Brasil	2007 - presente	5950 mm	OM 926 LA Euro III	240 hp
OF 1218	Brasil	2011 - presente	4400 mm	OM 904 LA Euro III	180 hp

See also

• Mercedes-Benz OH

References

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External links

• Mercedes-Benz OF in Pesados Argentinos