MAN Lion's Chassis

MAN Lion's Chassis is a series of modular bus chassis made to replace most of MAN's rear-engined low-entry, intercity and coach chassis. It was first introduced at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover in 2008. MAN planned two- and three-axle low-entry, two-axle intercity and two- and three-axle coach versions. The first intercity version appeared in 2008, the two-axle low-entry version in 2009 and both coach versions in 2010, while the three-axle low-entry version may have been abandoned. The older chassis it replaced were not discontinued until the end of 2013. Every version can be delivered either as a rolling chassis with a shortened wheelbase for transport or as a chassis in the box kit. The named versions are the CO 19, CO 26, IC 19 and LE 19, each with its own internal chassis codes and a range of Euro III to Euro VI engines.