Editing Neoplan (section)

===1990s-2000s===
Further manufacturing facilities were opened during the 1990s and 2000s.

The Starliner was introduced in 1996, and would go on to win the ''[[Bus & Coach of the Year|Bus of the Year]]'' award for two consecutive years – in 1998 and 1999.

In 1999 the company unveiled a prototype fuel cell bus.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:2022, Neoplan Tourliner, Samos island, Greece.jpg|alt=Neoplan Tourliner (Samos island, Greece)|thumb|Neoplan Tourliner (Samos island, Greece) in August 2022]]
In 2001, Neoplan, or correctly, "Gottlob Auwärter GmbH & Co KG" was acquired by [[MAN SE|MAN AG]] subsidiary [[MAN Truck & Bus|MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG]] to form [[Neoman Bus]] GmbH.<ref name=":0" /> The Starliner won the ''Bus of the Year'' award for two more consecutive years in 2001 and 2002.

In 2008, the [https://www.auwaerter-museum.de/ Gottlob Auwärter Museum] was opened in Stuttgart, opposite the headquarters of [[Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen|Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG]].

On 1 February 2008, Neoman Bus GmbH was fully integrated into the bus division of the larger MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group, and ceased to exist in its own right. Neoplan and [[MAN Truck & Bus]] began operating as two separate but integrated marques of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group.