Ayats Bravo 1 coach on a Scania chassis
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image icon Ayats bodied Pegaso Z-401 coach (c.1953)

Ayats is the trading name of Carrocerías Ayats SA, a Spain-based coachbuilder. The company constructs a range of coach bodies on a variety of chassis, and also manufacture their own integral products. Their products are used throughout Europe. The company was established in 1905 by Mr. Juan Ayats in Arbúcies, a village in the Selva county of the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. This small town offered the advantage of being in the midst of a densely forested area ("Selva" means "forest" or "jungle" in Catalan), useful since the bodyworks were made of wood at the time. Ayats is one of several coachbuilders based in Arbúcies; others include Indcar (the oldest of them), Beulas, Noge and Boari.

Ayats Bravos have been used for a number of years as the platform for specialist double deck coaches including open top buses and sleeper buses. The Ayats Bravo City was the first purpose-built open top low-floor tour bus, introduced by the worldwide sightseeing operator City Sightseeing.

Products

Horizon Intercity
  • Atlantis
  • Atlas 2
  • Ayats Air256
  • Ayats Bravo
    • Bravo 1
    • Bravo 2
    • Bravo 3 (the unofficial name for the Bravo 1 with the Megaloader walk-in loading bay).
    • Bravo City/Urbis
  • Ayats Horizon
  • Platinum
  • Ayats Eclipse
  • Jupiter
  • Olympia


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