Nova Bus

Nova Bus is a bus manufacturing company based in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada. The company is now owned by Prevost, which is a division of Volvo Buses.

Nova Bus was created by a reorganization of the transit bus division of MCI in 1993, and continued the production of the Classic model (which was started by General Motors Diesel Division Buses in late 1982) until MCI bought the transit division in 1987. The RTS model, originating from General Motors, was also acquired by NovaBus.

They currently produce a single product, the Nova LFS, a low-floor urban transit bus, which was introduced in 1995. The last Classic model was produced in 1997. After closing their American assembly plants in Roswell, New Mexico, and Schenectady, New York, in 2002, Nova Bus basically withdrew from the U.S. bus market, instead primarily focusing on Canadian transit. This was a result of the Nova LFS performing poorly compared to the Classic and RTS.

Current Models

• Low Floor Series (LFS) - 40 foot Low floor transit bus with a stainless steel structure, diesel engine and wheelchair accessible (1995-present)

Past Models

• Nova Bus RTS (RTS) - developed by General Motors Diesel Division Buses (1977-2003), although no longer produced by NovaBus, a small company named Millennium Transit now builds them) RT80-2W
• Nova Bus Classic - high floor buses (developed as a redesign of the original GM New Look) originally produced by GMDD (1983 - 1987), then MCI (1987-1993), and by NovaBus from 1993 - 1997. Models: TC40102N (40", 102' wide) and TC60102N (60", 102' wide, articulated)