Saturday, 19th of
January 2002
In an event taken place on the 18th January 2002 attended
by over 80 people from the transport world, the new Irizar
PB with the Irisbus EuroRider D-43 SRI chassis was voted
Coach of the Year 2002, for its technical characteristics,
comfort, safety, appearance and other features.
The panel, made up of business managers and technical experts,
was as follows:
- D. Antonio Catalán from TRANSVIA (VALENCIA).
- D. Jacobo Cosmen Menéndez-Castañedo from
ALSA (ASTURIAS)
- D. Gerardo Díaz Ferrán from TRAPSA (MADRID)
- D. Pachi Diez de AUTOCARES RIO ALHAMA (NAVARRA). D.
José Luis Rodríguez Cabezas de Herrera
from CONTINENTAL AUTO (MADRID).
- D. José María Huch from AUTOCARES JULIA
(BARCELONA)
- D. Ángel Jiménez from LAT (MURCIA)
- D. Pedro López Quesada from AUTOMÓVILES
PORTILLO (MÁLAGA)
- D. Andrés Ruíz from EMPRESA RUIZ (MADRID)
- D. Víctor Tejuca from MAITOURS (MADRID)
- D. José Vera from AUTOCARES VERA (MADRID)
- D. Francisco Aparicio Izquierdo. Director of the INSIA
(University Institute of Vehicle Research), and Professor
of Transport Studies at the University College of Industrial
Engineers. (MADRID)
- D. Manuel de las Heras Romera, Director of the Vehicle
Testing and Certification Centre of the National Institute
for Aerospace Technology (INTA) (MADRID)
- D. Juan Pedro Fernández Riau from the News Agency
EUROPA PRESS.