Stuttgart/Hanover – Launched at the beginning of 2006, the Mercedes-Benz Citaro LE Ü low-entry rural-service bus can now proudly claim to be “2007 Bus of the Year”. The international jury, comprising the editorial teams of bus magazines in 15 European countries, has awarded the Citaro LE Ü the highest accolade for buses in Europe after an exhaustive round of testing and trial drives. The Citaro and two other buses from ranges of other key European manufacturers underwent an exacting programme of testing by the jury in May this year in Vienna for nearly a week and were tested in real-life use on regular city lines and rural-service lines in Vienna.

The prize was awarded at the 2006 IAA Commercial Vehicles on 19 September 2006 at the VDA dinner of the commercial vehicles media in the convention centre of the IAA exhibition site in Hanover.