It was fitted with a DAF 11.6 litre diesel engine and ZF transmission, in either manual or automatic styles.

[citation needed] The first of over 600 was imported to the United Kingdom in 1975, at a time when continental-manufactured buses and coaches were still relatively uncommon.

[1] An articulated version was bodied in Australia by Austral for Brisbane Transport in 1985.

[2][3] During the mid-1980s, the MB200 was superseded by the MB230, which continued in production until 1993.

[4] Media related to DAF MB200 at Wikimedia Commons This bus-related article is a stub.