HIGH POINT, N.C. - This fall Kentucky students will ride to school in new Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner(r) C2 school buses. Thirteen counties purchased a total of 48 of Thomas Built's newest and most technologically advanced school bus. With the addition of Kentucky, the C2 is now available in all 50 of the United States and each Canadian Province.

Thomas Built Buses has been gaining market share in Kentucky over the past decade and is now providing approximately 30 percent of the new school buses purchased by the state.

"For us, safety is the number one concern and the C2 has great visibility for seeing children in front and on the side of the bus. Plus, it has a great ride, the driver controls are easy to access and it has a quiet Mercedes-Benz engine," said Jim Cleaver, transportation director for Bourbon County Schools in Kentucky. The county tested a C2 during a pilot program and went on to purchase two new C2s for the upcoming school year. During the test period, Cleaver noted that even his eighth-grade son noticed the difference in the ride on the C2.

In addition to Saf-T-Liner C2 conventional school buses, Thomas Built manufactures Type D and Type A buses.