The IVECO Turbocity is a class of Italian buses built between 1989 and 1996 by IVECO

Iveco

Iveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicle Corporation, originally an alliance of European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat , Unic and Magirus. Iveco is now an Italian truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin...

. Replacing the Effeuno

IVECO Effeuno

The IVECO Effeuno is a class of Italian buses built between 1984 and 1989 by IVECO. They consisted of three different models with different internal arrangement: IVECO 471 for urban services, IVECO 571 for suburban services, and IVECO 671 for interurban services.Engines were, for the urban version,...

, they consisted of three variants with different internal arrangement: IVECO 480 for urban services, IVECO 580 for suburban services, and IVECO 680 for interurban services.

The buses were provided (depending from the sub-manufacturer chosen by the customer) with two different chassis length, 9,5 m, 10.5 m and 12 m. There was also an articulated version with a length of 18 m, as well as a trolleybus

Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit...

 version.

The bus is in service with numerous public transport companies in Italy, Eastern Europe and Africa.

The urban 480 type was replaced by similar IVECO Turbocity-R class.