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VRs in Italy

Last Updated : February 22nd 2022 (APT811W, VDV143S, WTU465W and DPX685W updated, Feste Divertenti added)

The VRs shown on this page were in Italy on the above date. The liveries depicted are the last known to be carried by the individual vehicles. If you know that the livery or location has now changed I would appreciate receiving an email or, better still, a photo which I will add to this page and credit to you. Remember - the site is only as good as the information I receive.

The following operator has their own page:

Feste Divertenti of Rome

The following VR is with an unknown owner in Northern Italy and was for sale in 2021:

VDV143S

VDV143S in 2021

The following VR has been converted as a catering unit and was for sale in Milan in November 2021:

WTU465W
WTU465W in 2021

The following VR has been converted for use as a mobile disco by Festesulbus, Basilicato:

DPX685W
DPX685W in 2019

The following VR has been converted for use as a mobile restaurant by London Bus Ferrucci, Puglia. The operator ceased during 2021 and the VR may now have been sold:

MGR672P
MGR672P in 2018

The following VR has been in use at Belluno as Bed in Bus luxury apartment for hire carrying the front cowl from FRP907T. It was for sale in September 2021:

ELJ219V
ELJ219V in 2017

The following VR was exported to Italy in 1997 and has been with an unknown owner ever since. It was recovered to City Motors, Torino in 2019 and was for sale in July 2021:

OUD483T
OUD483T in 2019

The following VR was exported to Italy in August 2019 and has been converted for use as a mobile restaurant branded Momo Foodtruck in Soverato, Calabria:

FDL679V
FDL679V in 2021

The following VR is owned by Elsa Group in Torino and has been converted into the Tannico mobile restaurant in 2018:

OCD769G
OCD769G in 2018

The following VR is owned by Matthew Edgecombe and was driven to Lombardia in September 2017:

KRM432W
KRM432W in allover yellow livery

The following VR is with IdeaE20 Marketing in Milan and has been used on European tours promoting McVities biscuits:

HJB456W
HJB456W in 2016

Photo : John Buchan

The following VR is Bus36 in Bari, converted for use as a party bus:

STW33W
STW33W in 2015
Photo : Bus36

The following VR is with an unknown owner in Sicily:

SVL180W

The following VRs are all in use in Italy as party and exhibition buses. They appear on various websites, but are recorded under "Little Italy, Safano".  Locobus, Magic Bus, Feste Divertenti, Colombana and Little London all have various photos of these VRs:

MGR672P
VDV139S
VDV139S in 2009
Photo : Allan Macfarlane
VDV140S

BKE853T

BKE853T in 2014

Photo : Feste Divertenti
FRP907T
FRP907T in 2017
Photo : Ruggero Gabriotti
XBO121T

XBO121T in 2015

Photo : Feste Divertenti
CJH120V

Photo : From the Internet

CJH123V ELJ219V FAO427V
FAO427V in 2016
Photo : Feste Divertenti
LVL805V
ONH928V
APT811W

Photo : From the Internet

BMA520W GGM108W
GGM108W in Turin in 2011
Photo : From the Internet
HJB456W HJB464W LFJ859W
LFJ859W in 2015
Photo : Emiliano Cozzatellla
PWY45W

Photo : Locobus

RAH265W

Photo : From the Internet

DCA530X VEX287X

The following VR is with Richard Nettleton in Milan converted for use as a multimedia exhibition unit :

WJM829T

The following VR is with Sistemi Bibliotecario Castelli Romani in Rome as a mobile library :

FDV812V

Photo : From the Internet

The following VR is in derelict condition on the road leaving La Spezia in the direction of Parma :

WWY127S

Photo : From the Internet


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