Editing AM General (section)

=== Buses ===
[[File:Portland AM General bus in 1984.jpg|thumb|A 1976 AM General bus of Tri-Met, in Portland, Oregon, with an AM General logo on the front]]

The [[AM General Metropolitan]] [[transit bus|bus]]es were manufactured for city transit use from 1974 until 1979, producing a total of 5,431 buses, including 219 [[trolleybus|electric trolley bus]]es.<ref name="Stauss">{{cite book|last=Stauss |first=Ed |year=1988 | title=The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses |pages=20–22, 116–117 |publisher=Stauss Publications |isbn=978-0-9619830-0-0}}</ref> The Metropolitan was built under a 1971 agreement with [[New Flyer Industries|Flyer Industries]] of [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba. AM General licensed the rights to build and market the [[Western Flyer D700]] for the US market. The D700 itself was similar in design to the contemporaneous [[GM New Look bus]]es.<ref name=CC-AMG/>

The front end of the D700 was restyled, and thus the resulting Metropolitan was not simply a Flyer design built under license but rather a jointly designed vehicle. Flyer later adopted the design changes for its own line as the [[Flyer 700/800/900 series|models D800 and E800]].<ref name="Stauss" /> Buses were built in lengths of either {{convert|35|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} or {{convert|40|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}, and widths of {{convert|96|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} or {{convert|102|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name=CC-AMG>{{cite web |url=http://www.curbsideclassic.com/bus-stop-classic/bus-stop-classic-flxible-and-am-general-new-look-buses-playing-second-fiddle-to-gm/ |title=Bus Stop Classic: Flxible and AM General New Look Buses – Playing Second Fiddle to GM |author=Brophy, Jim |date=March 12, 2016 |publisher=Curbside Classic |access-date=28 January 2019}}</ref>

The model numbers reflected the chosen dimensions. For example, model "10240" indicated a 102-inch wide, 40-foot long bus. Suffixes "A" or "B" were used for later models to indicate certain options. In total, 3,571 40-foot diesel buses and 1,641 35-foot diesel buses were produced.<ref name="Stauss"/>