GM New Look "Fishbowl"

A GM "New Look" bus model T6H-5307N in service for the TTC (2008)

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GM New Look "Fishbowl"

车辆背景与资料

GM New Look "Fishbowl" 是通用汽车卡车与客车事业部于1959年推出的一款市政公交巴士,旨在取代该公司此前推出的客车——即后来追称为GM "old-look" 的公交巴士,该车型于1940年首次亮相。

该车型也常被昵称为 "Fishbowl"(因其最初采用六片式弧形挡风玻璃,后改为两片式曲面玻璃),在美国生产至1977年,在加拿大则持续生产至1985年。其侧窗呈梯形,带有前倾设计,通用汽车还引入了四灯式前大灯,该设计最早于1958年应用于汽车。超过44,000辆 New Look 巴士被制造出来。其高产量和漫长的服役生涯使其成为标志性的北美公交巴士。该设计被列为美国专利 D182,998,发明人为 Roland E. Gegoux 和 William P. Strong。同样在1959年推出的还有竞争对手 Flxible New Look 巴士,其外观相似,但挡风玻璃采用平板玻璃。

New Look 之后,时隔18年,于1977年推出了 Rapid Transit Series (RTS),其外观更为现代,但销量不及前者,并且这将是通用汽车退出市场前的最后一款公交巴士。

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A restored GM "New Look" bus of the former New York Bus Service (now the MTA)
A restored GM "New Look" bus of the former New York Bus Service (now the MTA)
AC Transit mechanics examine the 6V71 engine of bus no. 976
AC Transit mechanics examine the 6V71 engine of bus no. 976
"Suburban" interior with high-back seats and "dropped" center floor
"Suburban" interior with high-back seats and "dropped" center floor
Brown Boveri trolleybus number 192
Brown Boveri trolleybus number 192
The articulated version, built only in 1982, had a New Look body but a Classic front end.
The articulated version, built only in 1982, had a New Look body but a Classic front end.
A GM New Look Bus featured in the 1994 action film Speed .
A GM New Look Bus featured in the 1994 action film Speed .