Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star

Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star
Overview
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Fuso
Production	1984-present
Body and chassis
Class	Bus chassis
Body style	Single-decker bus
Doors	1 or 2
Floor type	Step-entrance Low floor Low entry
Powertrain
Engine	6D22, 6D24, 6M70, MD92 (UD Trucks), 6M60 (Mitsubishi Fuso)
Transmission	5-speed manual INOMAT 6-speed automatic Allison 5-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	4.8 meter, 5.3 meter
Length	9.4m, 10.1m and 10.5m
Width	2.5m
Height	3.0m or 3.4m
Chronology
Predecessor	Mitsubishi Fuso MP Series

The Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star (kana:三菱ふそう・エアロスター) is a heavy-duty single-decker bus produced by the Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Fuso since 1984.

Its principal competitors are the Isuzu Erga, the Nissan Diesel Space Runner RA and the Hino Blue Ribbon.

Fuso full-size city bus (1950-1976)

• MR Series (1960–1964)
• B800 Series (Line)
  • B800, B805 (1967)
  • B820J (1969)

• 
  MR410
• 
  MR470

MP Series (1976-1984)

• MP107/117/517 (1976)
• K-MP107/MP118/518 (1980)
• P-MP118/518 (1983)

• 
  MP117N
• 
  MP K-MP118M
• 
  MP K-MP118N
• 
  MP K-MP518K

Aero Star (first series, 1984-1996)

• P-MP218/618 (1984)
• U-MP218/618 (1990)
  • U-MP618kai (MBECS Hybrid, 1993)
• U-MP628 (1993)
• KC-MP217/617/627 (1995)

• 
  Aero Star K P-MP218M
• 
  Aero Star M U-MP218M
• 
  Aero Star M KC-MP617M
• 
  Aero Star (NSK 58MC body) P-MP218K

Aero Star (second series, 1996-present)

• KC-MP317/717 (1996)
  • KC-MP747 (Non-step Low-Floor)
  • KC-MP737 (MBECS-III Hybrid Electric)
• KL-MP35/37 (2000)
  • KL-MP37 kai (Aero Star HEV Hybrid Electric, 2004)
• PJ-MP35/37J (2004)
• PKG-MP35 (2007)
  • BJG-MP37T (Aero Star Eco Hybrid)
    • 4M50 Engine with 79*2 (158) kW Motor Equipped
  • PKG-MP35U kai (Non-step Low-Floor, 2009)
  • Nissan Diesel MD92TJ equipped, with Urea SCR (It requires AdBlue).
• LKG-/QKG-MP35/37F (2010)
  • Equipment: 6M60 engine with VGT, BlueTec and Powertard, Allison 6-speed automatic transmission as standard
• QKG-MP35/38F (2014)
  • Face-lifted model of QKG-MP35/37, wheel bases have extended on MP38F.

Between 2007 and 2011, some Aero Star has been sold as UD Trucks Space Runner A (old name: Nissan Diesel Space Runner A).

• 
  Aero Star KC-MP747K
• 
  Aero Star MBECS-III KL-MP737K
• 
  Aero Star KL-MP37JK
• 
  Aero Star HEV KL-MP37JM kai
• 
  Aero Star PKG-MP35UK
• 
  Aero Star Eco Hybrid BJG-MP37TMF
• 
  Aero Star Non-step PKG-MP35UM kai
• 
  Aero Star QKG-MP38FK

Aero Star-S

The Aero Star-S is the rebadged UD Trucks Space Runner RA (old name: Nissan Diesel Space Runner RA). It has a double-curvature windscreen, rounded roof dome (more rounded than the 1996–present Aero Star) with a separate destination blind.

• PKG-AA274/ADG-AA273 (2007)

• 
  Aero Star-S PKG-AA274MAN

Transport electrification

The Eco Hybrid (diesel-electric bus) is now setting new standards in practical trials in Japan. It can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 30 percent. The Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star Eco Hybrid operates with a series hybrid drive, in which the diesel engine does not drive wheels directly but instead is used solely to drive an electrical generator to recharge lithium-ion batteries, connected to the two electric motor (with a combined output of 158 kW), which propel the vehicle.

Daimler Trucks uses such a system for most of its full-hybrid commercial vehicles, including in the Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid, while series hybrids are reserved for urban buses, where they work most efficiently.

Range is 300 km (almost 200 miles).

Other electric vehicles of the Group

Mitsubishi Fuso

• Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid

Mercedes-Benz

• Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid

See also

• Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation
• List of buses

External links

• Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Star(English)