Iveco 315

The Fiat 315, later the Iveco 315, is a 7.5 metre bus that was built from 1978 to 2001. It was presented in 1978 under the Fiat name to replace the Fiat 314 on interurban routes and was designed for low traffic country lines and for narrow roads such as mountain routes. Its urban twin is the Iveco 316. Bodies were fitted by Iveco itself and by Italian coachbuilders including Menarini, Orlandi, Padane and Garbarini, and by foreign firms such as Van Hool and Magirus. The sole Iveco name was adopted in 1983, and in 1985 the whole Iveco range received turbocharged engines, so the 315 became the 315S Turbo. Production with the original body ended in 1991, while the bare chassis for outside coachbuilders continued until 2001. A widespread version was the 315 Poker, with an Orlandi body. Three series existed: the first with a naturally aspirated 5.5 litre six cylinder engine of 130 horsepower, and two later turbocharged ones of 168 horsepower and more.