MCI MC-1

The MCI MC-1 was the first of the MC series of coaches that Motor Coach Industries launched in the 1950s, and its first prototype was designated the MCX-1. The company's timeline calls it a revolutionary new design, with a heating system linked to the engine cooling system and a translucent roof. Twenty-six coaches were produced in 1959, the year the MC-1 cemented the company's popularity and MCI developed its MCX-2 prototype. The MC series, which would run to the MC-12, bore the MC-number designation and carried MCI from its Canadian origins into the United States market through the 1960s.