Bus and Coach International
Bus and Coach International (BCI) was the North American distributor of approximately 85 Chinese motor coaches, most of which were manufactured by Chinese company Jiangxi Kama Business Bus (branded Bonluck Bus). Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, BCI was formed in 2003 as Canamera Holdings, Ltd. by Phillip Oldridge, a former fleet operator in Las Vegas. [1] BCI showed their first "Falcon 45" coach at the 2007 UMA Motor Coach Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as the UMA and BusCon shows through to January 2010. The company also imported two prototype 35-foot coaches that were each eventually broken up and sold for parts. In early 2010, BCI terminated all relations with Bonluck Bus after an engineering and production inspection of 17 completed units at the factory in Nanchang, China. BCI ceased operations later that year.
At the 2011 UMA Motor Coach Expo in Florida, Bonluck Bus announced its return to the American market through representative LZ Busline. LZ imported into the USA and sold approximately 17 units before it too ceased operations.
In 2015, Bonluck Bus, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, entered the North American market directly through a commonly-owned company, CHTC USA. Bonluck/CHTC have exhibited a 45-foot and 35-foot Chinese motor coach at various UMA Motor Coach Expos.
The Nevada-based BCI used the name "Bus and Coach International" pursuant to an agreement with an Australian company of the same name Bus and Coach International which also built its buses at Bonluck during the same time period. There was no common ownership between the entities, however.
Products
Contacts
- Address: P.O. Box 70, 307 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Jennings, KS 67643
- Fax: 316-462-0876
- Phone: 1-866-714-4235
References
- ↑ Bus and Coach International - About BCI, bcibus.co, retrieved on 2009-03-11
External links
- www.bcibus.com (now redirects to BCI)