Tata Hispano Motors Carrocera (former Hispano Carrocera SA), based in Zaragoza

Zaragoza

Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...

, Aragon

Aragon

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, Spain

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, is one of the largest manufacturers of bus

Bus

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 and coach

Coach (vehicle)

A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

 cabins in Europe

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. It is a fully owned subsidiary of India

India

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's Tata Motors

Tata Motors

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. Tata Motors acquired control of the company in 2005, after purchasing a 21% stake in the company. In 2009, it acquired the remaining 79% from Investalia SA.

Apart from their main plant in Zaragoza, Hispano has a second one in Casablanca

Casablanca

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, Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

; combined, they have a production capacity of 2,000 units in a year.

Hispano bodied buses are built by TATA Motors in India at ACGL plant in Goa

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. The bus is called Tata Divo.

History

The company was founded in 1947 by D. Vincenzo Angelino Gervasio (an engineer of Neapolitan

Naples

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 origin) and his wife Felisa Pueyo as Talleres Nápoles in Zaragoza, Spain. It was originally devoted to repairs, welding and metalwork on post-war trucks, but the company also developed its own design for a "unique truck cabin", which could be mounted on any chassis, and which was very successful. This success allowed the company to expand and move to a 3,000 m2 workshop, where it built its first bus in 1958 and its first double-decker bus in 1960. In 1962, the company moves again to newly built installations on the N-II road, becoming Factorías Nápoles, S.A., and begins to sell vehicles under its own brand, "Nazar" (an conflation of "Naples" and "Zaragoza"), in Spain and abroad. But in 1964, financial problems force the founder, Vicenzo Angelino, to leave the company, which changed its name again to Fabricaciones Industriales S.A.. In 1966, the company became part of Barreiros Diesel, S.A.

Barreiros (manufacturer)

Barreiros was a Spanish manufacturer of engines, trucks, buses, tractors and automobiles.-Barreiros Diesel:The company was founded in 1954 as Barreiros Diesel S.A. by Eduardo Barreiros and based in Madrid...

, which was in turn purchased by Chrysler

Chrysler

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 in 1969, forming Chrysler España, S.A.. The bus and bodywork part of Chrysler España was then sold to Van Hool España, S.A. in 1971, which was later renamed to Hispano Carrocera, S.A.L. in 1983. The company manufactured Van Hool

Van Hool

Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe...

 buses under license until developing the Hispano Carrocera brand in the late 1980s.

Some of Hispano's bodies, such as the Habit and the Divo, have been designed by Studio Pininfarina

Pininfarina

Pininfarina S.p.A. is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy.Founded as Società anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pininfarina has been employed by a wide variety of high-end automobile manufacturers,...

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Products

• CITY BUSES
  • Habit
  • Orbit (built in Casablanca only)
• INTERCITY & TOURING COACHES
  Coach (vehicle)
  A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...
  
  
  • DIVO Intercity
  • DIVO Luxury
  • Mosaic
  • Tata Hispano Globus
    Tata Hispano Globus
    Hispano Globus is a rear-engine bus manufactured by Tata Motors. It is built on the 1623c chassis having a rear mount 5.9litres 235hp Cummins 6BT series diesel engine with turbocharger and intercooler. The engine produces 800Nm torque at 1500rpm. It is primarily intended for tourist and...
    
    (built in India only)
  • Xerus
  • Intea Intercity
• SUBURBAN & REGIONAL TRANSPORT
  • Intea Suburban