Mercedes-Benz O 407

The Mercedes-Benz O 407 was the interurban version of the second-generation VOV standard bus from Daimler-Benz, built from 1987 to 2001 on the basis of a 1987 prototype from the Falkenried vehicle works in Hamburg. At 11.9 metres it was slightly longer than the 11.5 metre O 405 city bus and had a higher floor to leave room for optional luggage compartments. It was built only as a solo high-floor bus, with a narrow single-leaf front door and a double-leaf rear door, and articulated or low-floor interurban buses were based on the O 405 instead. Diesel engines of 177 kW were offered, later also 184 and 220 kW, with a five-speed manual gearbox as standard. The related O 408 excursion bus of 1989 stayed in production until 1998, and the Conecto H replaced the O 407.