MAN, a Germany-based builder, first attempted o enter the US market in 1978-79, making an agreement with AM General of Mishawaka IN to final assemble articulated bus shells imported fro Germany. Later, in 1981. a US manufacturing plant was established in Cleveland NC where complete buses were assembled. Production continued until 1988, when a second order of 485 40-footers was cancelled after production had started because of an injunction in Chicago prohibiting further purchases of non-accessible buses, after which the parent corporation decided that the US subsidiary was unprofitable and would remain so, and shut it down on very short notice.

SERIES 1 - AM GENERAL ASSEMBLED This series consisted of two subseries: 150 buses of MAN model "297", type SG-220-18-2 (Stadt Gelenke (city articulated)-220hp-18 meters (60-foot)-2 doors) built for the Municipality of Metroplitan Seattle, and 248 plus a demo MAN model "298". Only difference was that 298's were air-conditioned, however some batches were only 55 feet (16.5 meters) long. AMG models were 10260-6 for the 297 and 10260-6-1 or 10255-6-1 for the 298.

SERIAL LIST - MODEL 297 0001-0002 (see note) 0003-0042 Metro Seattle 1400-1439 0043-0044 (see note) 0045 Metro Seattle 1440 0046 Metro Seattle 1550 (see note) 0047-0048 Metro Seattle 1441-1442 0049-0052 (see note) 0053-0066 Metro Seattle 1443-1456 0067 (see note) 0068 Metro Seattle 1457 0069 (see note) 0070-0161 Metro Seattle 1458-1549 note - eleven incomplete body shells were burned in a brush fire on plant grounds while awaiting their turn into the plant, and eleven additional shells were shipped from Germany as replacements (#0151-0161). Subseqently, shell 0046 was found repairable, was completed, and sold to Metro Seattle as an additional bus

SERIAL LIST MODEL 298 0001 Southern California Rapid Transit Auth 9200 (60'-3 doors) 0002 demo (60'-3 doors?) 0003-0031 Southern California Rapid Transi Auth 9201-9229 (60'-3 doors) 0032-0061 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Dist 1600-1629 (60'-2 doors) 0062-0106 San Diego Transit Corp 1001-1045 (60'-2 doors) 0107-0116 Golden Gate Bridge Hwy & Transp Dist 451-460 (60'-2 doors) 0117-0136 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1001-1020 (60'-2 doors) 0137-0156 Port Auth Transit (Pittsburgh) 3000-3019 (55'-2 doors) 0157-0176 Chicago Transit Auth 7000-7019 (55'-2 doors) 0177-0186 Metro Atlanta Rpid Transit Auth 1601-1610 (55'-2 doors) 0187-0229 Washigton Metro Area Transp Auth 5001-5043 (55'-2 doors) 0230-0249 Phoenix Transit System 7001-7020 (60'-2 doors) 60'-3 doors = SG-220-18-3A 60'-2 doors = SG-220-18-2A 55'-2 doors = SG-220-16.5-2A

SERIES 2 - CLEVELAND PLANT PRODUCTION Initially, only articulated buses were built. Models were 782 (SG-310-18-2L), 783 (SG-310-16.5-2L), and 784 (SG-310-18-2L). Later, 783 was redesignated "293". When 40-foot bus production started, all were model 792 (SL-40102L), with Seattle variants SL-40102A and SL-40102LM (Methanol). Charlotte got 96-inch wide 792's (SL-4096A). Trolley buses were 797's (SGT-310). An aborted Chicago order was to be model 892 (SL-40102A?)

CLEVELAND PLANT SERIALS Note that MAN serials increase in two places. The last four digits increase sequencially among all models, while the two previous ("counting numbers") increase within each model! BB010001 782 demo to Richfield Bus Co 220 CB020002-CB040004 782 Metro Seattle 2000-2002 CB070005-CB080006 782 Metro Seattle 2003-2004 CB130007-CB140008 782 Metro Seattle 2005-2006 CB100009,CB060010 782 Metro Seattle 2007-2008 CB120011,CB170012 782 Metro Seattle 2009-2010 CB050013 782 Metro Seattle 2011 CB150014-CB160015 782 Metro Seattle 2012-2013 CB090016,CB110017 782 Metro Seattle 2014-2015 CC230018,CC180019 782 Metro Seattle 2016-2017 CC200020,CC220021 782 Metro Seattle 2018-2019 CC280022,CC210023 782 Metro Seattle 2020-2021 CC240024-CC270027 782 Metro Seattle 2022-2025 CC290028-CC520051 782 Metro Seattle 2026-2049 CC190052 782 Metro Seattle 2050 note - these first 52 buses built from German-built shells, which is why countng numbers do not follow sequence of serial numbers CC010053-CC400092 784 Metro Seattle 2051-2090 BC010093 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7100 CC410094-CC450098 784 Metro Seattle 2092-2096 CC020099-CC030100 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7101-7102 CC460101-CC500105 784 Metro Seattle 2099-2103 CC040106-CC050107 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7103-7104 CC510108-CC100167 784 Metro Seattle 2106-2165 CC010168 293 Port Auth Transit 3050 CC110169-CC180176 784 Metro Seattle 2166-2173 CC060177-CC070178 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7105-7106 CC190179-CC380198 784 Metro Seattle 2174-2193 CC080199-CC160207 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7107-7115 CC390208-CC450214 784 Metro Seattle 2194-2200 CC460215-CC510220 784 Metro Seattle 2091,2097,2098,2104,2105,2201 CC170221-CC790282 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7116-7178 DC800283-DC050309 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7179-7204 DC020310-DC070315 293 Port Auth Transit 3051-3056 DC060316-DC250335 783 Chicago Transit Auth 7205-7224 DC080336-DC300358 293 Port Auth Transit 3057-3079 DC310359-DC550383 293 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1021-1045 DC560384-DC870415 293 Washington Metro Area Transp Auth 5101-5132 DC280416 293 Washington Metro Area Transp Auth 5133 DC880417-DC020431 293 Santa Clara County Transit Dist 2401-2415 DC030432-DC170446 293 Metro Transit Auth (Nashville) 101-115 DC180447-DC270456 293 Memphis Area Transit Auth 500-509 DC280457-DC680497 293 Westchester County Dept of Transp PA600-PA610, 611-640 DC690498-DC060535 293 Regional Transp Dist (Denver) 9001-9038 DC610536 293 demo to Westchester County Dept of Transp 661 DC070537-DC570587 293 Regional Transp Dist (Denver) 9039-9089 DC580588-DC780608 293 Indianapolis Public Transp Corp 8401-8421 DC790609-DC150645 293 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1046-1082 EC810646 293 San Francisco Muni Ry 6000 EC160647-EC270658 293 Phoenix Transit System 7021-7032 EC290659-EC310661 293 Phoenix Transit System 7033-7035 EC520662-EC630673 293 Metro Bus Auth (San Juan PR) 84801-84812 EC320674-EC510693 293 Westchester County Dept of Transp 641-660 EC640694-EC800710 293 Rochester-Genessee Regional Transp Auth 301-317 EC820711-EC600789 293 San Francisco Muni Ry 6001-6079 EC620790-EC810809 293 San Francisco Muni Ry 6080-6099 EC910810 293 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1058 (2nd) [replacement] EC820811-EC900819 293 Indianapolis Public Transp Corp 8422-8430 EC010820 792 prototype - to Germany EC020821 792 prototype - to World Transp 821 EC030822 792 demo - to World Transp 822 EC040823-EC270846 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1200-1223 EC280847 792 demo - to World Transp 847 EC290848-EC870906 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1225-1283 FC880907-FC180937 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1284-1314 FC190938 792 demo FC290939-FC230942 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1315-1318 FC240943 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1224 FC250944-FC360955 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1319-1330 FC920956-FC120976 293 Phoenix Transp System 7036-7056 FC130977 293 San Francisco Muni Ry 6082 (2nd) [replacement] FC010978 797 Metro Seattle 4000 FC120979-FC140981 792 Metro Transp Comm (Minneapolis) 1332,1333,1331 FC370982-FC111056 792 Regional Transit Auth (New Orleans) 762-836 FC151057-FC761418 792 Chicago Transit Auth 4000-4361 FC771419-FC231565 792 Metro Seattle 3000-3146 GC241566-GC131655 792 Regional Transit Auth (New Orleans) 837-899, 100-126 GC141656-GC181660 792 Harris County Metro (Houston) 3090-3094 GC141661-GC231670 293 Spokane Transit Auth 210-219 GC021671-GC461715 797 Metro Seattle 4001-4045 (Trolley buses) GC191716-GC281725 792-M Metro Seattle 3150-3159 GC291726 792 Regional Transit Auth (New Orleans) 888 (2nd) [replacement] GC301727 792 Metro Transit Comm (Minneapolis) 1150 GC311728 792 Charlotte Transit System 177 HC321729-HC971794 792 Metro Transit Comm (Minneapolis) 1151-1199, 1334-1350 HC241795-HC331804 293 Memphis Area Transit Auth 510-519 HC981805-HC361843 792 Charlotte Transit System 178-216 HC011844-HC031846 892 Chicago Transit Auth (not completed) HC371847-HC621872 792 Metro Transit Comm (Minneapolis) 1351-1355,1386-1390,1366-1370, 1356-1360,1391 JC631873-JC431953 792 Metro Transit Comm (Minneapolis) 1392-1395,1371-1375,1361-1365, 1394-1400,1376-1380,1401-1405,1381-1385, 1416-1420,1406-1410,1441-1445,1411-1415, 1421-1425.1446-1450,1427-1431,1451-1453, 1432-1440,1454-1458

SUMMARY BY COUNTING NUMBER 782: 0001 demo 0002-0052 Seattle 783: 0001-0125 Chicago 784: 0001-0151 Seattle 293: 0001-0030 Pittsburgh 0031-0055 Minneapolis 0056-0087 Washington 0088-0102 San Jose 0103-0117 Nashville 0118-0127 Memphis 0128-0168 Westchester County 0169-0257 Denver 0258-0278 Indianapolis 0279-0315 Minneapolis 0316-0327 Phoenix 0328 Washington 0329-0331 Phoenix 0332-0351 Westchester County 0352-0363 San Juan 0364-0380 Rochester 0381-0460 San Francisco 0461 demo 0462-0481 San Francisco 0482-0490 Indianapolis 0491 Minneapolis - replacement 0492-0512 Phoenix 0513 San Francisco - replacement 0514-0523 Spokane 0524-0533 Memphis 792: 0001-0003 prototypes 0004-0027 Minneapolis 0028 demo 0029-0118 Minneapolis 0119 demo 0120-0136 Minneapolis 0137-0211 New Orleans 0212-0214 Minneapolis 0215-0576 Chicago 0577-0723 Seattle 0724-0813 New Orleans 0814-0818 Houston 0819-0828 Seattle 0829 New Orleans - replacement 0830 Minneapolis 0831 Charlotte 0832-0897 Minneapolis 0898-0936 Charlotte 0937-1043 Minneapolis 797: 0001-0046 Seattle 892: 0001-0003 Chicago - not completed