Hermann Hock takes delivery of Setra TopClass S 516 HDH in Setra's 75th anniversary year
Bavarian family-owned operator Hermann Hock GmbH has taken delivery of a Setra TopClass S 516 HDH whose exterior design recalls a historic S 12 coach the company has owned for 20 years.
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What Happened
Hermann Hock GmbH from Steinfeld recently took delivery of a Setra TopClass S 516 HDH, timed to the family-owned company's 70th anniversary next year and to the anniversary year of the Setra brand, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The high-deck touring coach's exterior design is modeled on an S 12 from the historic Series 10 model range, a coach the family business has owned for 20 years and still uses for special events today. The announcement was datelined Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Neu-Ulm and Steinfeld.
Presentation of the first self-supporting Setra S 8 touring coach, the start of the brand's success story.
Hermann Hock GmbH is founded through the acquisition of the Goldstein bus company.
The company takes delivery of its first new touring coach, a Setra S 10 from the Series 10 model range.
Setra celebrates its 75th anniversary.
Hermann Hock GmbH marks its 70th anniversary.
- Glass roof and comfortable seats for 51 passengers with adjustable comfort headrests.
- Three-axle coach with all current driver assistance and safety systems Daimler Buses offers.
- Includes 360-degree cameras and the MirrorCam system.
- MirrorCam replaces conventional exterior mirrors, expands the driver's field of vision through the side windows and improves rear visibility in darkness through residual light amplification.
- Images from the heated cameras are transmitted to 15-inch monitors.
“With each new model series, Setra succeeds in setting new technical standards and, despite all of its innovations, preserving the brand's original spirit of making travel a comfortable pleasure.”
Hermann Hock GmbH is based in the Main-Spessart district northwest of Würzburg and today operates a fleet of 42 Setra vehicles. The new touring coach will be used, among other things, for trips offered through the company's own travel program throughout Europe; on its first trip it took a travel group to Tuscany and the island of Elba. Setra notes that 75 years have passed since the presentation of the first self-supporting S 8 touring coach, and that over those years the brand has set benchmarks in European bus manufacturing with a total of six model series while helping shape and advance the industry.
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The operator's fleet is made up entirely of Setra vehicles, per the announcement.
Why this matters
The handover lands during Setra's 75th anniversary year and just before the buyer, Hermann Hock GmbH, marks its own 70th anniversary. It shows how a family-run bus company's fleet of 42 Setra vehicles ties a coach brand's heritage to everyday passenger travel across Europe.
Terms in This Story
- MirrorCam
- A camera system that replaces a vehicle's conventional exterior mirrors, sending images from heated cameras to monitors inside the cab.
- High-deck touring coach
- A coach with a raised passenger deck, typically giving a large luggage hold below and a high seating position for passengers.
- Self-supporting
- A body design in which the vehicle's own structure carries the loads, without a separate chassis.
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