native name type bus manufacturer industry transport founded 1949 ; 67 years ago 1949 production output 760 2013 number of employees 700 website merkavim footnotes references 1 merkavim transportation technologies ltd. shortened to merkavim hebrew is the largest bus manufacturing company in israel . 2 3 4 they produce many different types of buses including tourism coaches urban buses long distance buses and minibuses . in addition to this they also provide specialist buses such as bullet proof buses prisoner transport vehicles and vip transport vehicles . 5 contents 1 bus models 1.1 long distance buses 1.2 city buses 1.3 coaches 1.4 minibuses 1.5 armored buses 1.6 special models 2 references 3 see also 4 external links bus models edit long distance buses edit merkavim mars bus mars the most common intercity bus in israel as of 2012 . city buses edit low entrance pioneer the low entry floor bus of israel low floor nl articulated brt coaches edit apollo the coach of the special rides apollo premium the new coach of the special rides minibuses edit city 22 minibus based on mercedes benz sprinter armored buses edit mars defender double in the cecs special models edit apollo premium vip to business rides mobile library prisoner bus references edit http www.merkavim.co.il en financialstrength merkavim transportation ltd . merkavim . retrieved 2016 03 05 . mayer group merkavim transportation technologies ltd . www.mct.co.il . retrieved 2016 03 05 . merkavim transportation technologies ltd israel defense . www.israeldefense.co.il . retrieved 2016 03 05 . merkavim company profile . merkavim . retrieved 2016 03 05 . see also edit ha argaz another israeli bus manufacturer external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to merkavim . media related to merkavim buses at wikimedia commons merkavim official site v t e buses list of buses configuration articulated bus bi articulated bus bruck coach combination bus double decker bus high floor lowbridge double deck bus low floor bus midibus minibus multi axle bus open top bus rigid bus single decker bus trailer bus special uses advert bus airport bus armoured bus campaign bus express bus highway bus mobile lounge party bus police bus school bus shuttle bus sleeper bus transit bus train replacement training bus tour bus trolley replica bus technologies bombardier guided light transit cutaway van chassis dual mode bus electric bus fuel cell bus guided bus gyrobus hybrid electric bus motor bus online electric vehicle transit elevated bus trolleybus solar bus manufacturing bus manufacturing bus manufacturers list of trolleybus manufacturers category buses portal buses v t e automotive industry in israel automotive industry economy of israel transportation in israel current manufacturers ail carmor ha argaz mdt merkavim plasan sasa rafael soltam systems tomcar defunct manufacturers autocars co. better place kaiser ilin industries components alliance tire ashot ashkelon erm telematics mobileye raval acs tadir gan related topics automotor auto show israeli highways national roads company of israel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title merkavim & oldid 734588171 categories companies of israeldefense companies of israelbus manufacturersmotor vehicle manufacturers of israelmanufacturing companies of israelmanufacturing companies established in 1946hidden categories articles containing hebrew language textcommons category with local link same as on wikidatacommons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages polski edit links this page was last modified on 15 august 2016 at 10 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view