Torsus Praetorian
{{short description|Off-road bus manufactured by Torsus}}
{{Infobox automobile
| name = Torsus Praetorian
| type = Bus
}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Torsus
| type =
| industry = Automotive manufacturing
| location_city = Prague
| location_country = Czech Republic
| products = Buses
| parent = Pulsar Expo
| homepage = {{url|https://www.torsus.eu}}
}}
The Torsus Praetorian is a 4x4 off-road bus. It is manufactured by Torsus, a Czech{{cite web |url=https://www.torsus.eu/about/ |title=About {{!}} Torsus Off Road Vehicles - discover our story and our team |website=www.torsus.eu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606204700/https://www.torsus.eu/about/ |archive-date=2020-06-06}} company, set up by Ukrainians Vakhtang Dzukashvili and Yuliya Khomych as a subsidiary of their Pulsar Expo company. It can seat up to 35 people, has {{cvt|400|mm}} of ground clearance, and has a {{convert|6.9|liter|cuin|adj=on}} six-cylinder diesel engine. The off-road bus is suited to specific industries such as oil and gas, forestry, mining, disaster and emergency response, expeditions, safaris, and ski resorts.{{Cite news|url=https://www.motor1.com/news/263800/torsus-praetorian-off-road-bus/|title=Torsus Praetorian Is The Off-Road Bus You Wish You Rode To School|last=Alaniz|first=Anthony|date=August 27, 2018|work=Motorsport Network|access-date=December 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://newatlas.com/torsus-praetorian-4x4-bus/56030/|title=Torsus Praetorian 4x4 puts some madness and adventure into taking the bus|last=Weiss|first=C. C.|date=August 23, 2018|work=New Atlas|access-date=December 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/publications/2018/08/15/639623/|title=Як українці створили перший у світі автобус-позашляховик|last=НЕКРАСОВ|first=ВСЕВОЛОД|date=August 15, 2018|work=Економічна правда|access-date=December 11, 2018|language=uk}}{{Cite news|url=https://gazeta.ua/articles/avto/_v-ukrayini-pomitili-unikalnu-marshrutkupozashlyahovik/873529|title=В Україні помітили унікальну маршрутку-позашляховик|date=December 7, 2018|work=Gazeta.ua|access-date=December 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.miningmagazine.com/transport/news/1345038/new-torsus-praetorian-4x4-off-road-bus|title=New Torsus Praetorian 4x4 off-road bus|date=August 21, 2018|work=Mining Magazine|access-date=December 11, 2018}} The Praetorian is built in partnership with MAN and can be serviced at MAN's service centres.{{Cite web |last=Brailey |first=Mike |date=2021-01-23 |title=TORSUS Praetorian - The Ultimate Overlander? |url=https://overland-europe.com/torsus-praetorian-the-ultimate-overlander/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=overland-europe |language=en-US}}
"TORSUS PRAETORIAN EMPTY SHELL BUS is designed for next stage conversion in verity{{sic}} of versions, mainly for command control centers, RV, laboratories, mobile clinics etc. Feel free to embody any of your most crazy ideas."{{Cite web |title=TORSUS Praetorian. Ideal solution for off-road transportation |url=https://torsus.eu/en/praetorian/shell |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=torsus.eu}}
In 2020 the firm introduced a smaller minibus called the Torsus Terrastorm,{{Cite web|url=https://www.carscoops.com/2020/07/new-torsus-terrastorm-is-a-vw-based-4x4-minibus-for-serious-off-roading/|title = New Torsus Terrastorm is a VW-Based 4x4 Minibus for Serious Off-Roading|date = 9 July 2020}} which is based on a Volkswagen Crafter 4Motion chassis.