It has been produced since 2002 by the Polish company Solaris Bus & Coach in Bolechowo near Poznań.

[1] The Neoplan Polska company had created a family of buses under the new brand name Solaris and started from the models with lengths of 9, 12, 15 and 18 metres.

[2] After an announcement by one of the cities in the tender for larger number of buses with lengths of 10 metres, Solaris Bus & Coach developed a new model with this length, initially offered under the brand Solaris Urbinetto 10.

[3] Since the spring of 2005 the company has produced Solaris Urbino 10 in their third generation, but this is the second version of this bus.

The basic engine used in this bus model is the Cummins ISB6.7E5 250B with a maximum power 180.5 kW (245 hp), meeting the requirements of the Euro 5 standard, with an option of stronger Cummins ISB6.7E5 285B unit with maximum power of 209 kW (284 hp).