Thomas Built Buses, Inc. is a bus manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States and a subsidiary of the German Daimler AG. Thomas produces school buses, activity buses/MFSAB (Multi-Function School Activity Buses), and commercial buses; both small and full-size buses are produced.
Thomas traces its roots to 1916, when it was incorporated as the Perley A. Thomas Car Works in High Point, North Carolina. The company specialized in the manufacture of electric streetcars; as buses superseded them in the middle of the 20th century, Thomas switched to bus production (primairly school buses). By the 1970s, Thomas Car Works had become one of the dominant school bus manufacturers in North America. In 1972, the company reorganized, adapting its current name, Thomas Built Buses.
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Thomas makes School buses and Transit Buses
Model Name | Type | Production | Number Built | Image | |
Thomas Minotour | School Bus | 1980-present | ? | ||
Thomas MyBus | Transit Bus | 2009-present | ? | ||
Thomas Mighty Mite | School Bus | 1985-1994 | ? | ||
Thomas Conventional | School Bus | 1972-2002 | ? | ||
Thomas/Freightliner FS-65 | School Bus | 1997-2007 | ? | ||
Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 | School Bus | 2004-present | ? | ||
Thomas Vista | School Bus | 1989-1998 | ? | ||
Thomas Saf-T-Liner HDX/Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP EF/Thomas Saf-T-Liner EF/Thomas Saf-T-Liner MVP ER | School Bus/Transit Bus | 1991-present | ? | ||
Thomas All Star EF | School Bus | 1990-1994 | ? | ||
Thomas CL960/Thomas TL960 | Transit Bus | ? | ? | ||
Thomas SLF200 | Transit Bus | ? | ? | Sleep School Buses | |
Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 For Sleep
2014-2015 Sleep School Buses |