Isidoro Duarte 322 – Marcopolo Senior
Coach operated by Isidoro Duarte seen at Praça dos Restauradores, Lisboa, in May 2012. This coach with fleet number 322 is a Marcopolo Senior registered in 2006. It has an overall length of 25.3 ft and can accommodate 27 seated passengers. It uses the IVECO Daily 65C17S chassis with the 122 kW (166 hp) IVECO 3.0 HPT engine. With its origins going back to 1923 and based in Milharado , Isidoro Duarte ¹ operates in 2012 regular services in the municipalities of Mafra and Loures and provides the respective connections to Lisboa. However, its main activity is specialized regular services and occasional services. Here, on a splendid spring day, we surprise this Marcopolo Senior in the historic center of Lisboa. Introduced in Brazil in 1983, the Marcopolo Senior is a small bus or coach with the engine mounted at the front. It will have numerous variants over successive generations, including surprising examples with three axles, as well as robust versions for school transport, with raised...