The magnificent chrome trim on its front face was its unmistakable trademark: Make room for a brand new Setra! This is how people experienced the fift...
The magnificent chrome trim on its front face was its unmistakable trademark: Make room for a brand new Setra! This is how people experienced the fifties, and this is how the WIKING fans of the first post-war decade liked one of the first glazed buses in the approximate scale of 1:100. The beige flanks are hand-painted with a curved blue bow and finished with a fine all-around ornamental trim. The glass roof contrasts with the lower body in the same blue. It was something like Setra's dream of a summer vacation under glass. The Setra S8 is a prime example of the culture of comfort the people in the post-war decade had started to appreciate. The flair evoked by the bicolour design came to be expected in every luxury bus – just as much as the panoramic roof! The true-to-prototype painting of the roof and the window bars foster authenticity of the highest order. The history of the S8 is one of a kind in the evolution of buses: Immediately after the war, Otto Kässbohrer embarked on the ambitious project of designing the first omnibus that came with a self-supporting superstructure. Formed as a German acronym reflecting this construction principle, the Setra name was set on a path to success.
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