MAZ-107

The MAZ-107 is a 14-metre, three-axle, single-section bus of the extra-large class, built by the Minsk Automobile Plant from 2001 to 2019. It belongs to the first generation of MAZ buses, shares parts with the MAZ-103 and MAZ-105, and resembles the Neoplan N4016 and N4020, on which the family was based. Several versions were made with different engines and automatic gearboxes, and from 2008 restyled MAZ-107.4 and 107.5 series versions with a new front and rear panel were built. The bus carries German Mercedes-Benz diesel engines, ZF axles and a Voith or Allison automatic gearbox, and its third axle steers, which gives a turning radius of only about 13 metres despite a length of 14.48 metres. It was first made mainly for export and not planned for Belarus, though from the late 2000s deliveries to Belarusian cities began, the largest number of original MAZ-107 buses running in Gomel. It was also used in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Estonia, Poland and Cuba, including about 370 in Moscow. A trolleybus version, the MAZ-107T, was planned but never built.