Ikarus 270

The Ikarus 270 was a luxury safety intercity coach prototype built by Ikarus, of which a single experimental example was made in 1975 under the direction of Boda Ivan. Its direct predecessor was the Ikarus 550 of the 1960s, designed by Finta Laszlo, and the 270 grew from his study concept called Safety. It had a stepped front silhouette, a driver cabin set lower than the passenger floor, a patented three-stage front bumper, padded interior, seat belts for every passenger, rear air conditioning and a rear lounge with toilet and buffet. The press compared it to an aircraft. With no paying buyer it never entered series production and the prototype was later dismantled, although its solutions reached later Ikarus types such as the 254 and the 300 series.