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GM New Look
A GM "New Look" bus model T6H-5307N in service for the TTC (2008)
Overview
ManufacturerGM Truck and Bus (United States)
GM Diesel Division (Canada)
Production
  • 1959–1977 (U.S.)
  • 1962–1986 (Canada)[1]
Assembly
  • Pontiac, Michigan
  • London, Ontario
  • Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Body and chassis
ClassTransit bus
Body styleMonocoque stressed-skin
Powertrain
Engine
  • 7.0 L (426 ci) Detroit Diesel 6V71 V6 diesel
  • 9.3 L (568 ci) Detroit Diesel 8V71 V8 diesel
  • 9.0 L (552 ci) Detroit Diesel 6V92TA V6 diesel
Transmission
  • 4-speed non-synchromesh manual
  • 1-speed Allison VH automatic
  • 2-speed Allison VS-2 automatic
  • 3-speed Allison V730 automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase162 in (4.11 m), 235 in (5.97 m), or 285 in (7.24 m)[1]
Length29 ft (8.84 m), 35 ft (10.67 m), or 40 ft (12.19 m)
Width96 in (2.44 m) or 102 in (2.59 m)
Height121 in (3.07 m)
(height over roof hatches)[1]
Chronology
PredecessorGM/Yellow Coach "old look"
Successor
  • GM RTS II (U.S.)
  • GM Classic (Canada)
A restored GM "New Look" bus of the former New York Bus Service (now the MTA)

The GM New Look bus is a municipal transit bus that was introduced in 1959 by the Truck and Coach Division of General Motors to replace the company's previous coach, retroactively known as the GM "old-look" transit bus.

Also commonly known by the nickname "Fishbowl" (for its original six-piece rounded windshield, later replaced by a two-piece curved pane), it was produced until 1977 in the United States, and until 1985 in Canada.[2] More than 44,000 New Look buses were built. Its high production figures and long service career made it an iconic North American transit bus. The design is listed as U.S. patent D182,998 by Roland E. Gegoux and William P. Strong.

  1. ^ a b c Stauss, Ed (1988). The Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses, pp. 29-30 and 94-101. Woodland Hills, CA (US): Stauss Publications. ISBN 0-9619830-0-0.
  2. ^ Stauss (1988), p. 30.

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