MAN SL 202

1984 MAN has been associated with the MAN SL 202 VÖV the standard bus of the second-generation successor to the MAN SL 200 on the market. Parallel Mercedes -Benz also offered to VÖV standard buses of the second generation. From Magirus -Deutz, there was (in contrast to the previous generation of VÖV - I- Bus ) not to MAN SL 202 competing VÖV II model more, but the VÖV -II bus Neoplan was added newly.

He was, like its predecessor MAN SL 200, also with the double-wide entry and in rare cases with narrow front line of the display Ü80 offered. The MAN SL 202 was not nearly as successful as its predecessor, since it already in 1989 competition from low- MAN NL 202 was given, which can be seen as a successor. Around 1993, the production was stopped. For customers who still wanted to have a high floor, the built in Turkish MANAS MANAS Factory SL 222 was offered.

The operated as " cars 135 " in the VAG traffic -Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg MAN SL 202 was equipped in 1993 with a natural gas engine and tested in regular service in Nuremberg. This vehicle was the first natural gas-powered bus in Germany. Based on the findings of this trial MAN developed the natural-gas drive in the MAN NL 202 CNG for series production. The carriage 135 is now in the Museum of the Historical tram depot Nuremberg.

Meanwhile, the MAN SL 202 were scrapped in most transport operators and are usually only in private bus operators or deployed abroad.