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===Motor buses===
In [[Siegerland]], Germany, two passenger bus lines ran briefly, but unprofitably, in 1895 using a six-passenger motor carriage developed from the 1893 [[Benz Viktoria]].<ref name= Eckermann2001/> Another commercial bus line using the same model Benz omnibuses ran for a short time in 1898 in the rural area around [[Llandudno]], Wales.<ref name=Ward1974/>

Germany's [[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft|Daimler Motors Corporation]] also produced one of the earliest motor-bus models in 1898, selling a double-decker bus to the Motor Traction Company which was first used on the streets of London on 23 April 1898.<ref name="Daimler">{{cite web |url=http://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/1898-The-worlds-first-bus-series-launched-by-Daimler--a-mile.xhtml?oid=9913455 |title=1898: The world's first bus series launched by Daimler – a milestone for passenger transport – marsMediaSite |access-date=29 August 2016 |archive-date=26 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426001349/https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/1898-The-worlds-first-bus-series-launched-by-Daimler--a-mile.xhtml?oid=9913455 |url-status=live }}</ref> The vehicle had a maximum speed of {{convert|18|kph|mph|1|abbr=on}} and accommodated up to 20 passengers, in an enclosed area below and on an open-air platform above. With the success and popularity of this bus, DMG expanded production, selling more buses to companies in London and, in 1899, to [[Stockholm]] and [[Speyer]].<ref name="Daimler" /> Daimler Motors Corporation also entered into a partnership with the British company Milnes and developed a new double-decker in 1902 that became the market standard.

The first mass-produced bus model was the [[LGOC B-type|B-type]] [[double-decker bus]], designed by [[Frank Searle (businessman)|Frank Searle]] and operated by the [[London General Omnibus Company]]—it entered service in 1910, and almost 3,000 had been built by the end of the decade. Hundreds of them saw military service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{cite book |first=G. J. |last=Robbins |author2=Atkinson, J. B. |title=The London B-Type Motor Omnibus |edition=3rd |location=Twickenham |publisher=World of Transport |year=1991 |isbn=1-871979-04-8}}</ref>

The [[Yellow Coach Manufacturing Company]], which rapidly became a major manufacturer of buses in the US, was founded in Chicago in 1923 by [[John D. Hertz]]. [[General Motors]] purchased a majority stake in 1925 and changed its name to the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing Company. GM purchased the balance of the shares in 1943 to form the [[GMC (Truck)|GM Truck and Coach Division]].

Models expanded in the 20th century, leading to the widespread introduction of the contemporary recognizable form of full-sized buses from the 1950s. The [[AEC Routemaster]], developed in the 1950s, was a pioneering design and remains an icon of London to this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aecsouthall.co.uk/ |title=AEC Southall Enthusiast page |publisher=Aecsouthall.co.uk |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131115616/http://www.aecsouthall.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The innovative design used lightweight aluminium and techniques developed in aircraft production during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonbooks.co.uk/shop/page.php?xPage=articles.html&articleID=1 |publisher=Londonbooks.co.uk |title=The Bus We Loved book description, 12 September 2006 |access-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221214815/http://www.londonbooks.co.uk/shop/page.php?xPage=articles.html&articleID=1 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As well as a novel weight-saving integral design, it also introduced for the first time on a bus [[independent suspension|independent front suspension]], [[power steering]], a fully [[automatic gearbox]], and [[Hydraulic brake|power-hydraulic braking]].<ref name=routemasterorghome>[http://www.routemaster.org.uk/ Routemaster.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902121425/http://routemaster.org.uk/ |date=2 September 2011 }} home page</ref>
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File:Erster Benzin-Omnibus der Welt.jpg|The first ever internal combustion omnibus, introduced in 1895 ([[Siegen]] to [[Netphen]])
File:B43OleBillatIWMLondon.jpg|A 1911 [[LGOC B-type]]
File:Daimler CC Bus (1912).jpg|A 1912 Daimler CC Bus, one of five (English) [[Daimler Company]] buses exported to Australia
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