Champion Bus Incorporated
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Champion Bus Incorporated is the brand name of buses made by Thor Industries
of Imlay City
, Michigan
, United States.
Buses made under the Champion name include:
Other brand names under Thor include ElDorado National
and Goshen Coach.
Thor Industries
Thor Industries, Inc. is a manufacturer of recreational vehicles and mid-sized commercial buses.-History:Thor Industries, Inc., was founded on August 29, 1980, when Wade F. B. Thompson and Peter B. Orthwein acquired Airstream. The name "Thor" combined the first two letters of each entrepreneur's...
of Imlay City
Imlay City, Michigan
Imlay City is a city in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,869 at the 2000 census and 3,597 at the 2010 census.-Education:Imlay City has five public schools and one private school...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, United States.
Buses made under the Champion name include:
- Challenger - mid-size bus using a Ford E-series (350 or 450), GM GMT or C4500 truck chassis
- Crusader - small bus using Ford E-series (350) and GM Express truck chassis
- CTS - mid size bus using Freightliner MB55 Chassis
- CTS Rear Engine - large bus using Freightliner XB series (555R, 655R, 755R) Chassis
- Defender - large bus using General MotorsGeneral MotorsGeneral Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
C5500 Series Chassis - EZ Trans - assessable version of Defender (General Motors C5500 Series Chassis)
- Trolley Bus - no longer manufactured
- Solo - Low floor small city transit bus; no longer manufactured
Other brand names under Thor include ElDorado National
ElDorado National
ElDorado National is a bus manufacturer owned by Thor Industries. Heavy-duty buses are built in Riverside, California, and cutaway buses and mobility vans are built in Salina, Kansas.-Products:* Aerotech and similar lines of cutaway buses...
and Goshen Coach.