Irisbus Civis

The Irisbus Civis, first marketed in 2001 and conceived by Renault and Matra Transport, is a guided bus that follows markings painted on the road with an optical guidance system, and it was offered as a diesel electric bus and as a trolleybus. It grew out of the Renault City-Site concept shown at the 1994 Paris motor show, and Renault's bus division merged with Iveco's to form Irisbus before the first deliveries at the end of 2000, so it was sold under the Irisbus name. Apart from the central driving position, which lengthens the body by about 50 centimetres, it differs little from the Cristalis, which shares its base. Orders were few: trial vehicles for Rouen and Clermont-Ferrand, five firm for Las Vegas with a Cummins engine, 49 trolleybuses for Bologna that never entered service and three for Castellon. The diesel version used a very high amount of fuel, and in 2010 Irisbus stopped the model for lack of orders.