15 meters long, 2.6 meters wide and 4.23 m high, the bus has the capacity to carry 35 passengers, 29 people on the top floor and six on the bottom floor. All seats are sleeper seats, with individual monitors and USB ports (type A and C), and, on the bottom floor, the seats also have a massage system.
Unit number 1,000 of Marcopolo's Generation 8 is part of an order for 53 new units from Viação Garcia and Brasil Sul as well, 28 Paradiso G8 1800 Double Decker buses, 19 Paradiso G8 1200 buses and 6 Viaggio G7 900 buses (intercity bus) , which will be used on the interstate highway and intercity highway lines and in continuous charter service (Viaggio 900).
The 28 Paradiso 1800 DD have three different configurations. 14 vehicles with a total length of 15 meters and a capacity for 56 seats, with 48 semi-bed seats on the upper floor and 8 Next bed seats with massagers on the lower floor. The buses are equipped with a bathroom, a hot-and-half air conditioning system, with monitors on both floors, and 110-volt power outlets, in the luggage rack, on the upper floor, and on the bed-seat wall, on the ground floor.
11 units are configured for 52 seats, with 44 semi-bed armchairs on the upper floor and eight Sleeper-Bed Next armchairs with massagers on the lower floor. They also have a bathroom, hot-cold air conditioning and multimedia systems with monitors on both floors, and 110-volt power outlets on the luggage rack on the upper floor, and on the wall of the armchairs on the lower floor, as well as pleated curtains on the the windows and between the armchairs on both floors.
3 1800 DD buses with a total length of 15 meters and capacity for 40 seats, with 30 Sleeper seats and two Sleeper-Bed Next seats with massagers, on the upper floor, and eight Bed-Bed Next seats with massager on the ground floor. They also have a toilet on the upper floor, hot-cold air conditioning and multimedia systems, with monitors on both floors, 110-volt power outlets in the luggage rack on the upper floor, and on the wall of the armchair on the lower floor.
The 10 Paradiso G8 1800 DD buses of ITTSA BUS are 14.4 meters long, with sleeper seats with massagers on the upper floor, and sleeper seats, on the lower floor, all with retractable seat belts, cup holders and USB sockets. For more comfort, the vehicles are equipped with Valeo CC430 P3 air conditioning and a restroom with ultraviolet light system for disinfection, interior with chromotherapy, two 70l and 53l refrigerators, 58l food heater and two 6.5l liquid heaters.
Among the electronic equipment, the buses have an audio and video system, with a DVD player and five monitors on the upper floor and two on the lower floor, a monitoring system, with six internal and one external cameras (reverse). They also have a total separation wall, curtains, electronic itinerary, luggage area and overhead rack.
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