Iveco 316

The Iveco 316 is an Italian urban bus that was built from 1978 to 2000. It was presented in 1978 under the Fiat name to replace the Fiat 314 in city service and was in effect the urban version of the interurban minibus Iveco 315. Iveco never made bodies for it: it was a chassis sold to outside coachbuilders, among them Portesi, Menarini, Viberti and Minerva, which copied the Viberti design. The Iveco name alone was used from 1983. The 316 was built only for urban work, with room for 59 passengers of whom 17 sit, and a five speed manual gearbox. Two versions were made, both with the same 5.5 litre six cylinder engine: the 316.8.13 of 125 horsepower from 1978 to 1985, and from 1985 to 2000 the turbocharged 316.8.18 of 180 horsepower. Large fleets served at Salerno, Rome and Genoa. Later it was seen as outdated because it derived from an interurban design, and few remain in service. The Irisbus Europolis replaced it.