Saurer 5 DUK

DUK stands for Diesel-Unterflur-Kompressor (diesel underfloor compressor).

The ZVB buses were also equipped with split dispenser in front of the rear wheels in order to achieve better grip on snow and ice.

By 1975/76, the Saurer 5 DUK was replaced by more modern vehicles such as the FBW 91U EU4A bus with Hess superstructures.

With the purchase in 1975, together with the orange buses, which were held in VST unit paintwork, additional new ordered APE 4.80 trailers got also the orange paintwork and not the blue one like the Saurer 5 DUK and the older APE 4.80.

Some Saurer 5 DUK were sold to Eastern European countries.