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Continental Bus Lines goes on patriotic drive with newest MCI® J4500 coach

SCHAUMBURG, IL — June 17, 2011 — Crediting its newer fleet with its ongoing growth, Houston-based Continental Bus Lines has put another new MCI J4500 coach into service, this time with American-themed graphics. The company purchased its first new coach, also a J4500, last year. Owner Jose Morales founded Continental in 2001 with a pre-owned MCI. In ten years' time, Morales has built his business to a fleet of eight motor coaches, mostly later models.

Continental's newest MCI J4500 comes equipped with a Cummins engine and MCI's latest upgrades and options including plush leather seating, three-point passenger seatbelts, Wi-Fi connectivity, in-motion Satellite TV and 110-volt outlets that let passengers plug in their electronic devices.

The coach's eye-catching patriot graphics, designed by Turbo Images, pay tribute to Morales' appreciation of the U.S. "We love our country and are happy to display our patriotism on our newest motor coach," said Morales. "We hope the coach's graphic, which displays the American flag, the Declaration of Independence and the American eagle, instills in others the sense of pride we feel to live in this great country."

Continental runs charters and tours throughout the continental U.S. and Canada. It has 15 employees, operates its own five-bay maintenance shop and can help fellow operators with repairs should they be traveling in the area. Morales said that since he began purchasing newer coaches, his business has been growing.

He anticipates keeping Continental family owned and operated, and he hopes his son, now a teenager, will eventually earn a business degree and take over.

Motor Coach Industries, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, is the largest manufacturer of intercity highway coaches for the tour, charter, line-haul, scheduled service, commuter transit and conversion markets in the U.S. and Canada. The company also operates seven sales centers and eight service centers in the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, MCI is the industry's leading supplier of aftermarket parts for most makes and models.

Press contact: Patricia Plodzeen Public Relations, 847-283-0883; or Motor Coach Industries Marketing Department, 847-285-2035.

 

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