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Re: Are New Flyer and Gillig the Boeing and Airbus of the transit bus industry, respectively? |
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Posted by kcram3500 on Mon Sep 22 22:35:42 2014, in response to Are New Flyer and Gillig the Boeing and Airbus of the transit bus industry, respectively?, posted by Pink Jazz on Mon Sep 22 18:58:59 2014. Gillig keeps their costs down by going after specific targets. They don't build for the big TAs - Northeast Corridor, Chicago, Los Angeles - they go for the smaller operations that won't customize as much. That's always been their strategy. It's not that they low-ball; they don't have to change their product - the customer picks color, seats, and other minor things... the rest of the bus will be like every other Gillig. NF is far more willing to customize their product for each customer, right down to the shape/size of the door glass. That raises the price, because parts aren't as standardized. |
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