Vehicle fact sheet: Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business

28.09.2021
  • Comfortable economical business-class motorcoach
  • Attractive design, comfort-oriented passenger compartment
  • Dynamic cockpit, powerful and efficient drive system
  • Comprehensive safety equipment

The Tourrider Business in the version on display is a perfect example of how top-class technology, great comfort and maximum safety can be combined to create an economically-efficient motorcoach. Whether it's the functional cockpit or the comfortable and dynamic passenger compartment - this Tourrider Business has class, it's a true Mercedes-Benz.

Attractive design, comfort-oriented passenger compartment

Understated and yet unmistakably a Mercedes-Benz, this is how the Tourrider Business presents itself. It does without chrome decoration; to be rather than to seem is its motto. But it wears a distinctive coach face with centrally-placed star. The closed rear end with slatted look is both dynamic and an homage to North American muscle cars of yesteryear as well. With lower-mounted exterior mirrors, the coach adopts another American style element.

Sporty accents also characterize the passenger compartment. The comfortable Travel Star Eco seating captivates with its combination of red and black components. Seat and backrest surfaces bear a lively check pattern; the backrest also features the Mercedes star. The ambient lighting, controlled by the driver creates the right lighting mood. Powerful air conditioning, five monitors, sockets for electronic equipment – such is modern and comfortable motorcoach travel. Thanks to the ADA lift with which it is equipped, limited mobility passengers can enjoy this as well.

Dynamic cockpit, powerful and frugal drive system

The Cockpit Basic Plus virtually nestles around the driver - this is what an ergonomically perfect and dynamically functional workplace looks like. Numerous stowage compartments accommodate the driver's utensils. The powertrain is composed of units that have proven themselves many times over, a combination that is as powerful as it is economical: There's the exclusive Mercedes-Benz OM 471 inline six-cylinder engine, along with an Allison automatic transmission and the lightweight, quiet and dependable Mercedes‑Benz RO 440 rear axle. With its surprising driving dynamics thanks to an actively steered rear axle with independent suspension and the surprisingly small turning circle, this motorcoach is a model of maneuverability.

Comprehensive safety equipment

Does an economically priced coach mean second-class safety? Not for Mercedes-Benz: All currently available safety and assistance systems are also available in the Tourrider Business. The long list includes adaptive cruise control, Lane Assistant function, Attention Assist and many more systems. In addition, the revolutionary assistance systems Active Brake Assist 5 with pedestrian detection; and the Sideguard Assist cornering assistant, are the provisional highlights of safety development for buses.

Technical data, Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business

Length/Width/Height

45’ (Vehicle)/45’8” (including energy-absorbing bumper)/102”/145.08”

13,715 (Vehicle)/13,920 (including energy-absorbing bumper)/2600/3685 mm

Wheelbase

288” + 53.1” | 7315 mm + 1350 mm

Overhang front/rear

89.17”/109.65”

2265/2785 mm

Turning circle

79’10”/24,340 mm

Standing height in center aisle

76.93”/1954 mm

Volume trunk/Luggage rack/Storage Compartment

396/53/26 cu ft

11.2/1.5/0.74 m³

Fuel Tank Capacity (usable)

214 gal/811 l

DEF Tank Capacity

14 gal/ 53 l

Tire size

315/80 R 22.5

GVW

50,535 lbs/22,922 kg

Perm. axle load front/rear/tag

16,535/20,000/14,000 lbs

7500/9072/6350 kg

Type of engine/Emissions level

Mercedes-Benz OM 471/EPA 10

Cylinders/Displacement

6-in-line/12.8 l

Output

450 hp (336 kW) at 1625 rpm

Max. torque

1550 lb-ft (2102 Nm) at 1075 rpm

Transmission

Allison WTB500R

Front axle

ZF RL 82 EC, independent wheel suspension

Driven axle

Mercedes-Benz RO 440, final drive ratio 3.909:1

Tag axle

ZF RL 82 EC, independent wheel suspension, actively steered

     

Mercedes-Benz Tourrider Business

The premiere vehicle: Important equipment details

Bodywork

Bodywork and add-on parts in Argentum silver metallic

Front grille in black, framed in chrome

Bumper, front/rear energy-absorbing

Luggage compartment doors as lifting doors

Body lowers automatically at high speeds

Side windows with double glazing, Privacy 1 glazing

Roof hatches, opening manually

LED headlamps, LED daytime running lamps, LED cornering lights, LED foglamps, a total of four docking lights on front and rear axles

ADA Lift over rear axle on the right with door

Closed rear without window

Function

Electronic air suspension with automatic/manual kneeling function on access side

Aluminum wheels with high-gloss coating

Michelin 315/80 R 22.5 X Line Energy Z tires

Electrically adjustable, heatable exterior mirrors on right and left, in low position

Reversing camera with integrated washing system

On-board electrical system management with intelligent battery sensor

Bosch Smart Radio audio/video system

Stowage cabinet with garbage container at front of vehicle

Valuables compartment (safe) in access sector

Waste container next to restroom at rear

Passenger compartment

Mercedes-Benz lettering in entry area, LED illumination in orange of edge of steps

Jupiter NT metallic flooring

Sidewall cover in dark gray fabric

Partition wall version "Comfort"

Roller sunblinds on side windows

Luggage racks with continuous floor and fabric covering

Black Service set with air nozzles, reading lamps, passenger signaling system with stop

request button over every double seat

LED ambient lighting under luggage rack and window sill

19-inch video monitor, fixed, at front of coach, four 19-inch video monitors in passenger

compartment on right and left

Two USB ports and two 110 V sockets per double seat

56 Mercedes-Benz Travel Star Eco passenger seats, Mercedes star on backrest, three

point safety belt, adjustable backrest, aisle-side armrest pivotable, footrest, folding tray

bolted on backrest, luggage net, grab handle

Softline upholstery, seat and backrest in red-black fabric, headrest in Composition iron

gray, piping in Mars red fabric, rear side of backrest in gray

Restroom at rear of vehicle with dark gray fabric covering

Special-purpose areas for wheelchairs on left and right above drive axle

Integrated air conditioning, Eberspächer/Sütrak, separate Driver's workstation air conditioning system

Warm water convector heater, auxiliary heater

Cockpit

Isri 6832/872 NTS driver's seat, pivoting, heated, electr. lumbar support, armrests

Cockpit Basic Plus

Multifunction steering wheel

Rain-light sensor

Electronic parking brake

Frequent-stop brake, Start-off assist

Microphone on driver's seat backrest, hand-held microphone for tour guide

Display for "open" status of all luggage doors

Driver's workstation air conditioning system

Stowage compartment in front luggage racks on left and right

Roller sunblinds on windshield, electrically operated

Safety/Assistance systems

Brake assist system (BAS)

Reversing warning signal, acoustic

Electronic stability control (ESC) with anti-lock braking system (ABS) and traction control

system (TCS)

Active Brake Assist 5

Sideguard Assist

Lane Assistant

Attention Assist

Autonomous intelligent cruise control

Tire Pressure Monitoring (TPM)

Smoke detector in luggage compartment