Ikarus történet angolul forrás: World Bus Explorer

The origins of the Hungarian Ikarus factory go back to 1895, when Imre Uhry started a wagon building shop. In 1908 he started building vehicles, in 1920 the first truck was built and in 1924 the first bus body left the factory. Around 1930 the "Bodywork and trailer factory Imre Uhry" was a victim of the worldwide economic recession and went bankrupt. However, at the auction Imre's sons bought the factory and renamed it "Car Body Works and Vehicle Factory Uhri Brothers Ltd". In 1939 the company started building parts for airplanes, and during the second world war army vehicles and equipment were built. At the end of the war, the factory was virtually destroyed during the battles around Budapest. It was rebuilt, but only in 1947 the production of buses resumed with the model TR5. In 1948 the first integral bus was produced, model TR3,5. The same year the factory was nationalized and merged with the "Machines and Metal Works Ikarus" to become "Ikarus Body and Vehicles Works Budapest - Matyasföld".
Ikarus 1948-1991
During the 1950's various models were produced: the 30, 31, 311 series, the 60, 601, 602, 620, 630 series and the famous "rockets" 55, 66. In 1961 a new, quite modern citybus was presented, the 556, which was followed in 1962 by an articulated version, the 180. As Hungary had been selected within the COMECON group to be the main producer of buses, a standard model was developed that could be adapted to the various requirements.
In 1968 the first 200-series bus was presented and received immediate wide acclaim. During its production over 200,000 vehicles were built, and in fact the modernized version is still available as the C series (Classic).