Hyundai HD (bus)

The Hyundai HD was a large front-engine, rear-wheel-drive bus family from Hyundai Motor Company, made up of the HD160 and the higher-rated HD170 that were launched in 1977 and replaced by the FB485 in January 1982. The HD160 used a Ford R1014 chassis and a six-cylinder 155 horsepower turbo diesel, the HD160-92070, that Hyundai built under licence from Perkins, and it carried Hyundai-developed rivetless bodywork described as the first in Korea. The HD170 used a MAN D0846HM diesel of 7,255 cc built under licence by Korea Machinery, now Doosan Infracore, and was facelifted in 1978 and again in 1981 to resemble the FB485. Variants served city, suburban, express and tour work with front and centre door layouts. The floor sits about one metre high and the wheels use ten studs. About 1,451 HD160 and 9,321 HD170 were built, and the HD170 sold especially well in Busan and in tourism.