BCI Bus

BCI

Trade name	BCI
Founded	1991
Founder	Ron Nazzari
Headquarters	Perth, Western Australia
Key people	Ron Nazzari (Chairman) Desmond Arsmtrong (CEO)[1]
Products	bus, coaches, city buses
Website	www.bcibus.com.au

BCI 6120 diesel electric hybrid bus

BCI is a bus and coach importer headquartered in Kewdale, Perth, Western Australia. It was established by former Hino dealer Ron Nazzari in 1991 as a small family-run operation. It initially imported buses from Malaysia, both fully assembled and in knocked down form.^[2]

In 2006, it moved production to China.^[3] In May 2011, BCI opened the 48,000 square metre Xiamen Feng Tai Bus and Coach International factory in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China.^[4] It sells buses in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.^[5] Although manufactured in China, vehicles carry Australian Vehicle identification numbers.^[6]

In 2016, Ensignbus began to sell BCI products in the United Kingdom for the first time, starting with the BCI Enterprise high capacity integral double-decker.^[7]

Products

Current

A BCI Enterprise operated by Aintree Coach Lines in the United Kingdom, on display at Showbus 2016

• Airporter
• Citirider 8
• Citirider 12
• Citirider E
• Classmaster 43
• Classmaster 57
• Classmaster 65
• Classmaster 3-axle
• Cruiser 9
• Cruiser 12
• Enterprise
• Excellence
• Explorer
• Fleetmaster 33
• Fleetmaster 43
• Fleetmaster 55
• Fleetmaster 3-axle
• Proma
• Proma DX
• Proma low-floor^[8]

Additionally, BCI market the Mercedes-Benz O500R, O500RF and XBC.

Former

• Hino BD186
• Hino FD1J
• Hino RG197
• Hino RG230
• Hino RK176
• Hino RM260
• MotorCoach Australia 3010 series
• Mitsubishi Fuso MP218^[9]

References

1. https://bcibus.com.au/company/team/
2. T & MM Pryor Archived 29 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Transport Systems Australia
3. Building and Creating Innovation Business in Focus December 2013 pages 68–71
4. BCI’s baby born Australasian Bus & Coach 11 May 2011
5. Chinese BCI Bus Launched into North-American Market China Buses 8 December 2008
6. BCI opens Chinese facility focuses on North American growth Metro Magazine 16 November 2011
7. Ensignbus goes high capacity with decker deal Route One 14 June 2016
8. "Buses & Coaches - BCI Bus". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
9. "Pre-owned Buses | Bus & Coach International".

External links

• Media related to BCI Bus at Wikimedia Commons
• BCI website