Talk:Minibus

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Purpose?

"A minibus is a motor vehicle that is designed to [what?] fewer people than a full-size bus."

Probably should be "house" or "hold", "transport" fewer people. There is a word missing here.

Microbus

Is a minibus also known as a microbus? If not, then Microbus should redirect to the VW Microbus.--RLent (talk) 15:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

There is a disambiguation header for Microbus, it doen't look like anyone has been overly concerned over it pointing here since November 2007: [1]. I'm not fussed, Google Image search for microbus produces mostly VW's. MickMacNee (talk) 16:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Converted minibuses are NOT sometimes known as 'factory models', whoever wrote this knows nothing at all about minibuses. The key word here is "converted" or "Conversion" which means that the vehicle has been changed from its original use. Usually, the original use is a Van which is then converted by another company into a minibus. Factory Minibuses are usually very limited in the number of seating configurations and options and are not usually altered once they have left the manufacturers factory. They tend to be cheaper than Converted minibuses because of the limited number of seating and conversion options. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.137.250.175 (talk) 14:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

• Microbus should not redirect to this page; this, for example is a microbus not a minibus. --عبد المؤمن (talk) 15:17, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Microbus not minibus

I agree, some models displayed on the page clearly show vehicles that have a bus type of body, but with a capacity of 5-10. Omarseditz (talk) 11:43, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Plenibus is nonsense

• Microbus is a minibus that is not a midibus. This is, the smallest minibus is called a microbus.All minibuses are smaller than plenibuses (full-size buses)--Nopetro (talk) 12:18, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
  • For the record, in case someone comes across this in the future, there's no such English word as "plenibus", and Nopetro is a sockpuppet of Mac who has given us all sorts of nonsense terms including stuff that had to be the subject of a mass cleanup in 2008. Uncle G (talk) 14:28, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
    • I did run across this and came to the same determination; removed the term. -- B.S. Lawrence (talk) 14:59, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Merge with dolmuş

I propose that dolmuş be merged into minibus. I think that the content in the dolmuş article can easily be explained in the context of minibus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kirov Airship (talk • contribs) 14:23, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Not done - →Davey2010→→Talk to me!→ 22:00, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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IS there any proof for ...

1. Price range GBP 2,000 to 100,000: I never spent a thought on the upper limit but the lower limit must be false (except from scrap). I'd expect a power head only (or a fairly simple standard passenger van) to start at GBP 20,000 or more plus taxes.
2. Minibuses are typically step-entrance: For public transport in Europe low-floor should be mandatory but there may be exceptions.

--Wolle1303 (talk) 15:29, 18 January 2021 (UTC)