The situation with U.S. and Canadian city buses is as unusual as with intercity buses. Despite the attractiveness of the huge market for a century

Manufacturer of low-floor city cars from California was founded in 1890 in San Francisco. The first bus was assembled at the company in 1932

In the 1980s, the Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus began cooperating with local companies in order to enter and supply its own models to the American market.