Ikarbus

Ikarbus is the brand under which the Serbian company Ikarbus a.d., based in Zemun, Belgrade, builds buses. The firm began in 1923 as the Ikarus aircraft factory, started bus production in 1954 and from 1960 turned wholly to buses. After privatisation in 1992 it was renamed Ikarbus the following year, because the Hungarian bus manufacturer of the same name objected to the overlap. Every Ikarbus model carries an IK designation followed by a code: IK-1xx for solo city buses, IK-2xx for articulated city buses, and IK-3xx and IK-4xx for coaches, with a final letter such as N separating integral designs from non-integral ones. Since 2019 the company has been majority owned by the Chinese Green Stone Investment Co. This make is separate from the Ikarus make, which covers the earlier Ikarus-branded vehicles.