Steve Mitchell for BusesForSale.com

The untold story of the American school bus and why this icon still rules the road

You could argue the real American dream isn’t a Corvette or a Harley—it’s a battered yellow school bus wheezing down a suburban street at 6:45 a.m. It doesn’t look cool, it doesn’t sound fast, and it sure as heck doesn’t smell good. But for millions of kids, it was the first machine that swallowed them whole, carried them off, and set the rhythm of their lives.

Decade after decade, while the auto industry obsessed over tailfins, touchscreens, and Tesla updates, the school bus barely budged. Still big. Still yellow. Still loud enough to be heard before it was seen. And in that stubborn sameness lies the weird truth: the American school bus isn’t just a vehicle, it’s an i

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