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Originally Posted by peteg59
Welcome to the site from New Hampshire, Manuel.
The main reason big/full sized busses are rare in Europe is fuel mileage.
With the high cost of fuel, the average citizen is not wanting to spend a weeks pay to fuel up their bus!
Second are the narrow roads. Some cities offer ample room for bus traffic but most streets/roads are not large vehicle friendly.
Some places here in the states are like that as well, but there are more open roads here than in Europe.
Good luck in your search and dream of owning a bus conversion...
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yes this is true, consumption has a great influence on the choice. for work I use a Mercedes Sprinter 3.0 turbodiesel with 195hp and I drive 5/6 km / lt. A bus perhaps travels 3km / lt in commercial use. Probably converted, and therefore much lighter, it covers 5/6 km / lt. In Italy, a liter of diesel costs about $ 1.6. The various campers or motorhomes consume much more than my Mercedes Sprinter ... so I believe that what stops people is not fuel consumption, but the cost of fuel. We are not talking about the insurance premium .... for what concerns the narrow roads, it is not a problem, since the buses and the heavy vehicles in general, circulate in thousands every day. Obviously in the city center, or in the historical centers you can't go there, but you don't even enter by car.