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Check out Motor Coach Industries' new Restyled J4500 with many improvements and features to further its standing as the best-selling coach in North America since 2004. The new model year (2015) entered production in August 2014, through the major restyled design was the 2013 model year. It is modeled heavily upon airliner degisn.
This J4500 has a ZF independent front suspension (IFS) to reduce the turning circle from 47 feet to 40 feet 11 inches. With the further addition of an optional steerable tag axle, the turning circle can be reduced to 38 feet 11 inches.
The J4500 comes with ACTIA multiplexed electronics, six 15-inch flat screen TV's, and an optional Media Center for the group leader to make presentations on the monitors by inserting a Removable Disk.
The J4500 is now available with optional blue LED night lighting, all interior courtesy lighting is now LED. New reading light and air vent modules were added to the bottoms of the parcel racks. These modules also include new "fasten seat belt" LED's, and the J4500 has the largest parcel racks in the industry, enclosed curved overhead bins with 150 cubic feet storage space, similar to a Boeing 757 airliner. The headlights, turn signals, and taillights are all LED.
The J4500, as always, comes with a spiral staircase and a long 315-inch wheelbase. It is built with a T304 stainless-steel tube frame and fiberglass/Kevlar plating. New improvements to the suspension, including the new MCI Dynamic Suspension System (MDSS) with wide-ride air bellows and ZF IFS, promise a smoother ride for passengers.
The J4500 has the highest driver's seat in the industry, along with other MCI models including the D and E, to offer unparalleled vision, minimal driver separation from passengers, and a big crumple zone in the lower front cap.
Since 2013, the J4500 has boasted new looks with a sharper roof cap that's designed to be painted black for a luxurious look. It is available with Cummins ISX12 (11.9L) 425hp or Daimler's Detroit Diesel DD13 (13L) 410hp, coupled to the standard Allison B500 transmission. New ergonomic driver dash has better-placed controls but still fails to solve the problem of the high dashboard.
The new J4500 has boasted exceptional average fuel economy in flat-course tests, 10.27 mpg at 50 mph, 10.04 mpg at 55 mph, 9.62 mpg at 60 mpg, 8.87 mpg at 65 mph, and 7.96 mpg at 70 mph. The J4500 is always governed at 70-75 mph, but can achieve up to 10 mph more by tailwind and downhill gravity factors. Removing or disabled the speed governor is strictly illegal.
J4500 safety feature include window escape bars along the entire length of the passenger windows for anyone to easily escape, Electronic Stability Control, and automatic fire extinguishers. The window escape bar is important as the large parcel racks mean a passenger absolutely cannot stand up near the window.
Check out MCI's J4500 brochure: http://www.mcicoach.com/literatureAssets/2014-J4500/#1/z.
The easiest way to describe the J4500 is: Just like a plane.
This J4500 has a ZF independent front suspension (IFS) to reduce the turning circle from 47 feet to 40 feet 11 inches. With the further addition of an optional steerable tag axle, the turning circle can be reduced to 38 feet 11 inches.
The J4500 comes with ACTIA multiplexed electronics, six 15-inch flat screen TV's, and an optional Media Center for the group leader to make presentations on the monitors by inserting a Removable Disk.
The J4500 is now available with optional blue LED night lighting, all interior courtesy lighting is now LED. New reading light and air vent modules were added to the bottoms of the parcel racks. These modules also include new "fasten seat belt" LED's, and the J4500 has the largest parcel racks in the industry, enclosed curved overhead bins with 150 cubic feet storage space, similar to a Boeing 757 airliner. The headlights, turn signals, and taillights are all LED.
The J4500, as always, comes with a spiral staircase and a long 315-inch wheelbase. It is built with a T304 stainless-steel tube frame and fiberglass/Kevlar plating. New improvements to the suspension, including the new MCI Dynamic Suspension System (MDSS) with wide-ride air bellows and ZF IFS, promise a smoother ride for passengers.
The J4500 has the highest driver's seat in the industry, along with other MCI models including the D and E, to offer unparalleled vision, minimal driver separation from passengers, and a big crumple zone in the lower front cap.
Since 2013, the J4500 has boasted new looks with a sharper roof cap that's designed to be painted black for a luxurious look. It is available with Cummins ISX12 (11.9L) 425hp or Daimler's Detroit Diesel DD13 (13L) 410hp, coupled to the standard Allison B500 transmission. New ergonomic driver dash has better-placed controls but still fails to solve the problem of the high dashboard.
The new J4500 has boasted exceptional average fuel economy in flat-course tests, 10.27 mpg at 50 mph, 10.04 mpg at 55 mph, 9.62 mpg at 60 mpg, 8.87 mpg at 65 mph, and 7.96 mpg at 70 mph. The J4500 is always governed at 70-75 mph, but can achieve up to 10 mph more by tailwind and downhill gravity factors. Removing or disabled the speed governor is strictly illegal.
J4500 safety feature include window escape bars along the entire length of the passenger windows for anyone to easily escape, Electronic Stability Control, and automatic fire extinguishers. The window escape bar is important as the large parcel racks mean a passenger absolutely cannot stand up near the window.
Check out MCI's J4500 brochure: http://www.mcicoach.com/literatureAssets/2014-J4500/#1/z.
The easiest way to describe the J4500 is: Just like a plane.