Iveco TurboCity R

The Iveco TurboCity R, listed as the Iveco 490 Turbocity R, is a semi low floor city bus that Iveco built in the 1990s, with the article giving 1992 as its start. It followed the Iveco TurboCity and the Iveco 480, which was already dated in 1992 because it grew from the Iveco 471 and kept a high floor with several steps that hindered passengers with reduced mobility. The new bus kept the strength of the 480 but used a low floor design with one step at each door. It was made as the urban 490 and the suburban 590, in lengths of 10.5, 12 and 18 metres, with a Fiat 8460.12R engine of 220 horsepower, or 290 in the articulated version, and a smaller 8360.46 in the 490.10. Fuels were diesel and methane, and a hybrid version called the 490.12EYY Altrobus was sold to Turin, Genoa, Rome and Ferrara, though most were set aside early because of battery problems. It sold well in Italy to fleets such as ARST, GTT Torino, AMT Genova and ATM Milano. The Iveco CityClass replaced it.