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Under the ownership of Rohr Industries since 1970, while the Flxible New Look was still in production, Rohr began development of what would become the Grumman 870 Advanced Design Bus. The Grumman 870 bus was one of two advanced-design buses (the other being the Rapid Transit Series (RTS II) developed by rival General Motors). Both models were compromises by the Urban Mass Transit Administration (UMTA), which sought to develop a "Transbus" design that would be "attractive, roomy, comfortable", and easier for elderly and disabled customers to board, accepting these two models as compromises. At the time, the federal government would subsidize the purchase of only the 870 or the RTS II.

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  • Flxible Metro
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  • Under the ownership of Rohr Industries since 1970, while the Flxible New Look was still in production, Rohr began development of what would become the Grumman 870 Advanced Design Bus. The Grumman 870 bus was one of two advanced-design buses (the other being the Rapid Transit Series (RTS II) developed by rival General Motors). Both models were compromises by the Urban Mass Transit Administration (UMTA), which sought to develop a "Transbus" design that would be "attractive, roomy, comfortable", and easier for elderly and disabled customers to board, accepting these two models as compromises. At the time, the federal government would subsidize the purchase of only the 870 or the RTS II.
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  • Delaware, Ohio
Name
  • Flxible Metro/Grumman 870
Caption
  • A 1992 Flxible Metro 40102-6C
  • in service in Portland, Oregon in 2009
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  • or
Production
  • 1978(xsd:integer)
  • 1983(xsd:integer)
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Successor
  • None - out of business
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  • us
Engine
  • Detroit Diesel or Cummins
transmission
  • ZF, Voith, or Allison
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  • Under the ownership of Rohr Industries since 1970, while the Flxible New Look was still in production, Rohr began development of what would become the Grumman 870 Advanced Design Bus. The Grumman 870 bus was one of two advanced-design buses (the other being the Rapid Transit Series (RTS II) developed by rival General Motors). Both models were compromises by the Urban Mass Transit Administration (UMTA), which sought to develop a "Transbus" design that would be "attractive, roomy, comfortable", and easier for elderly and disabled customers to board, accepting these two models as compromises. At the time, the federal government would subsidize the purchase of only the 870 or the RTS II. In 1978, Rohr sold Flxible to Grumman for $55 million USD, with the sale including the sale of two prototypes of what would become the 870. In spite of the fact that the second prototype failed testing as the result of a cracked frame, and with an endurance test not yet performed, Grumman decided that the 870 was ready for production, and discontinued the Flxible New Look almost as soon as the purchase closed(more in Litigation below). The first 870 rolled off the assembly line in spring 1978. Under Grumman ownership, Grumman-Flxible (as the company was called at the time) received a major order of buses from the New York City Transit Authority along with other agencies. The NYC Transit Authority order, built in 1980, is notable because this batch would expose the design flaw in A-frame noted during testing: the inability of the bus to withstand wear and tear in cities where potholes were a problem, forcing all 870s built until that time to be taken out of service beginning that December while repairs to the A-frame were made, which would cost Grumman $7 million to fix. A total of 2,656 buses, including buses in Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles needed to be fixed. Eventually, Grumman would be forced to sell the line to General Automotive Corporation in 1983 for $41 million, a 25 percent loss. Under the ownership of General Automotive, the Flxible nameplate was restored to the buses. Production would continue until 1996, when Flxible was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy and liquidated, a move which would force General Automotive into bankruptcy the following year. The last Flxible Metros were produced in summer 1996.
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