The Hino Melpha (kana:日野・メルファ) is a medium-duty bus built by Hino Motors through the J-Bus joint-venture. The range has been primarily available as tourist coach since 1998.
Hino Motors, Ltd, commonly known as Hino, is a Japanese manufacturer of commercial vehicles and diesel engines (including those for trucks, buses and other vehicles) headquartered in Hino, Tokyo. The company's predecessor, Tokyo Gas Industry, was...
J-Bus is a Japanese manufacturer of buses and coaches established in 2002 as a joint venture between Isuzu and Hino. The venture was formed by merging the previous bus and coach operations of both manufacturers and started operations in 2004.
A midibus is a classification of single-decker minibuses which are generally larger than a traditional minibus but smaller than a full-size single decker and can be anywhere between 8 metres (26 ft 3 in) and 11 metres (36 ft 1 in) long. While used...
Police vehicles in Japan are vehicles used by Japanese prefectural police for patrolling, consisting of a variety of vehicles depending on the environment and situation. Most police vehicles in Japan are manufactured by domestic automakers such as...
The Isuzu Gala Mio (kana:いすゞ・ガーラミオ) is a midicoach produced by Isuzu through the J-Bus joint venture. It is also available as the intercity coach only.
The Hino Rainbow (kana:日野・レインボー) is a medium-duty single-decker bus marketed by the Japanese manufacturer Hino since 1980. The range can be built as either a complete bus or a bus chassis. It was also available for the city bus for the midibus and...
Year refers to the first year introduced. A range of years is the period the bus was manufactured.