The story of Flxible is classic rust-belt stuff. Among other things, Flxible pioneered buses with a flexible midsection. If the bus you’re riding has a bellows section in the middle, thank (or blame) Flxible. They dropped the E to make it trademarkable. Friend of mine worked the assembly line in the 1980’s. Often wondered if he had anything to do with the cracks in the buses that were such a problem at the time.

The scat bus: