GM New Look bus

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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 which was introduced in 1940. 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. The side windows were trapezoidal in shape, featuring a forward slant, and GM introduced quad headlights, which had first appeared in cars in 1958. 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. Also introduced in 1959 was the competing Flxible New Look bus, which was similar looking but used flat panes of glass for the windshield. The New Look was followed...

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