Irisbus Iliade

The Irisbus Iliade is a French touring and regional coach that began as the Renault Iliade of Renault V.I. and carried the Irisbus name after the bus and coach divisions of Renault and Iveco were merged on 1 January 1999. It kept the shape and robustness of the FR 1 behind a more modern grille, with a new driving position taken from the car world, and it was meant for regular, regional, occasional and grand tourism work in six versions called TE, GT, RT and the raised TEX, RTX and GTX. Its Renault diesels delivered 302, 340 and 380 horsepower, and from January 2002 the dCi 11 met Euro 3. Between October 1996 and October 1997 600 were ordered, export took about half of sales, and one order for 330 RTX went to Saudi Arabia. The last Iliade was delivered on 31 January 2007 to the Compagnie Armoricaine de Transports, after about 5,000 Iliade and 5,000 FR 1 had been built, and the Irisbus Evadys replaced it.