to vdl bova was a luxury coachbuilder based in eindhoven netherlands which began building coaches in 1931 . in particular it is well known for the bova futura a streamlined coach usually with a daf engine which was first introduced in the 1980s and continued in production until 2010 . the bova name was discontinued in 2010 and is now known as vdl . the founder j.d. bots later to be known as j.d. bova first started the company that would come to be known as bova in 1878 with the creation of a timber business in valkenswaard . when j.d. bots died he left the business to his eldest son simon who first introduced the name bova which was derived from bots valkenswaard . 1 in 1931 the company began building coaches and in 1969 introduced the benelux a self supporting integral coach . 2 the company was purchased by vdl groep in 2003 who also own berkhof vdl bus chassis and jonckheere brands . from 2010 the individual brands have been discontinued . the vdl futura coach references bova s best known model however . 3 contents 1 products 1.1 past 2 references 3 external links products edit past edit futura lexio magiq synergy rebadged berkhof axial 100 on vdl sbr4000 chassis x press 1980 bus with rear mounted engine europa calypso a europa underframe with duple bodywork references edit http www.vdlbova.nl countries uk facts uk geschiedenis.html http www.vdlbova.nl countries uk facts uk kernactiviteiten.html norwich busses blog external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bova vehicles . bova website discontinued retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vdl bova & oldid 728174484 categories bus manufacturersvdldutch brandshidden categories commons category with local link same as 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 danskdeutschfran aisnederlands norsk bokm lpolski edit links this page was last modified on 3 july 2016 at 18 39 . 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