Editing Minibus (section)

==History==
It is unknown when the first minibus vehicle was developed. For example, [[Ford Model T]] vehicles were modified for passenger transport by early bus companies and entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Negyesi |first1=Pal |title=The Role of the Ford Model T As a Bus in Central and Eastern Europe |url= https://ceautoclassic.eu/the-role-of-the-ford-model-t-as-a-bus-in-central-and-eastern-europe/ |work=CEAutoClassic |date=4 May 2020 |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref> Ford produced a version during the 1920s to carry up to twelve people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry the Model T Bus |url= https://www.highfieldspioneervillage.com.au/henry-the-model-t-bus |website=highfieldspioneervillage.com.au |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1926 Ford Model TT 10 Seater Country Bus Chassis no. 14390021 Engine no. 14390021 |url= https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10533/lot/205/ |website=bonhams.com |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Car Ford Model T Station Bus 1919 for sale |url= https://www.prewarcar.com/453449-1919-ford-model-t-station-bus |website=PreWarCar |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref> 

In the [[Soviet Union]], the production of minibuses began in the mid-1950s, among the first mass-produced minibuses were the RAF-10, [[UAZ]]-451B, and Start.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dashko |first=Dmitry |title=Юность. Автобус для избранных |publisher=ООО "ИПК Парето-Принт" |year=2013 |pages=19–21 |language=ru |trans-title=Youth. A bus for the elite}}</ref> Since September 1961, the RAF-977D "Latvia" minibus began to be mass-produced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Хроника: любимый «рафик» |url= https://www.zr.ru/content/news/353880-hronika_lubimyj_rafik/ |access-date=16 January 2025 |language=ru}}</ref>