The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. Dennis is a major British coachbuilder and manufacturer of specialised commecial vehicles. ... General information Launched in 1977 the Dennis Dominator was Denniss first rear-engined double decker chassis after being absent since the last Lolines were produced in 1967. ...

Since its launch, the Dart has enjoyed a lot of success with many operators across the UK buying them. It has even been sold to other parts of the world.

Standard-floor Dart

Dennis Dart was first planned around 1988 when Hestair Group (owner of Duple and Dennis) decided to produce a bus between a minibus and a full-sized single decker (i.e. a midi-bus) in the same year. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It was finally launched in 1989 and was originally offered with the stylish Duple Dartline. It was 2.3m wide and was initially in lengths of 8.5m, 9m and 9.8m and was powered by the tried and tested Cummins 6BT engine and coupled to the Allison AT545 gearbox (the same engine and gearbox were also used in the MCW Metrorider and later Optare MetroRider). 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cummins Inc. ... MCW was once a major player in transportation manufacturing in th UK and Europe. ... Optare is a bus manufacturer and importer based in Leeds, UK. They are owned by North American Bus Industries (NABI) Products Solo sold in the US as 30 LFN Excel Tempo Categories: Bus Manufacturers | Bus Manufacturers in United States | Bus Manufacturers in Europe ...

This model was sold well to London Buses and to some operators outside London. Unfortunately, however, soon after it was launched, Duple was sold to Plaxton and its Blackpool plant was closed down. Plaxton decided not to acquire the design right of the Duple Dartline and it was sold to Carlyle (formally had links with Midland Red) who continued producing the bodywork from 1991, and passed to Marshall of Cambridge in 1992 who bodied five darts to this design. In 1993, Marshall updated the design, ironing out the weaknesses of the original design. London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages bus services within London. ... Plaxton is a bus and coach builder based in Scarborough, England. ... Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in England, on the coast of the Irish Sea. ... Do you mean: Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), the Scottish essayist and historian The Carlyle Group, the private equity company based in the USA Carlyle Bus Centre, the former bus bodybuilder in UK This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marshall is the name of several places in the United States of America: Marshall, Alaska Marshall, Arkansas Marshall, Illinois Marshall, Indiana Marshall, Michigan Marshall, Minnesota Marshall, Missouri Marshall, Oklahoma Marshall, North Carolina Marshall, Texas Marshall, Virginia Marshall, Wisconsin Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin Marshall, Rusk County, Wisconsin... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

In 1990 Wadham Stringer was the next builder to body the Dart with a bodywork called the Portsdown, but it was sold in small numbers and replaced by the UVG Urbanstar in 1995. In the same year, Wright bodied the dart with the Handybus which was more functional than stylish. In early 1991, Plaxton launched the Pointer (which was initially designated as Reeve Burgess Pointer as it was built at Reeve Burgess's plant, until later in the same year when it was transferred to Plaxton at Scarborough), this bodywork was the best selling one, even though it was unattractive in some extent. After all, it was a very boxy bodywork. Later in 1991, East Lancs bodied the Dart with its EL2000. In the latter half of 1991, Alexander launched the Dash, which was sold reasonably well and at the same time, Northern Counties launched the Paladin. Initially, it was built with a design of a barrel shaped windscreen with quarterlights (which were mainly sold to Warrington Borough Transport), later models had a deep double-curvature two-piece windscreen. It was phased out when Plaxton bought Northern Counties in 1995. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wrightbus is the UKs largest independent coachbuilder and pioneer of the low floor bus in the United Kingdom. ... Map sources for Scarborough at grid reference TA0388 The South Bay at Scarborough // Geography Scarborough lies on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As the low floor buses became more popular in late 1990s, the standard-floor Dennis Dart had ceased production in 1998. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Low-floor Dart SLF

In 1995, Dennis launched a low-floor Dart called the Dart SLF (Super Low Floor). 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It was 2.4m wide and initially offered in lengths of 9.2m, 10m and 10.6m in length. It was initially offered with the low floor version of the Pointer (which was notable for being wider), replaced by the updated Pointer 2 in 1997. It was also offered with the East Lancs Spryte, the UVG Urbanstar (later known as the Caetano Compass, replaced in 1999 by the Nimbus), the stylish Wright Crusader, the Alexander ALX200(discontinued in 2001 with the formation of Transbus International and being replaced by the Pointer) and the Marshall Capital. Wrightbus is the UKs largest independent coachbuilder and pioneer of the low floor bus in the United Kingdom. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... A Dennis Trident servicing in Kowloon Motor Bus of Hong Kong Alexander Dennis (formerly known as TransBus International) is one of the Britains largest bus builder. ...

Some Dart SLF buses with Alexander ALX200 body were delivered to North America and sold as Thomas SLF series buses. World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... Thomas Built Buses, Inc. ...

In 1997, the Dart SPD (Super Pointer Dart) was launched with the length of 11.3m (about the same length as a long Leyland National). It has a more heavy duty Allison B300R gearbox, but also with an option of a Voith gearbox too. In 1998, it was accompanied by the MPD (Mini Pointer Dart) at 8.8m long.

With the move to Euro 3 emissions in October 2001, the new Cummins ISBe was launched, with the 4-cylinder 3.9-litre model being used in all lengths except the 11.3m version which uses the 6-cylinder 5.9-litre version and still remains as successful as ever. EURO III is the emission standard for cars introduced in the EU in 1999 that limits car emissions to 5 g/kWh of NOx and 0. ... Cummins Inc. ...

After 16 years the Dart is still produced and has proved itself a reliable 'midi-bus', and is bought by a lot of operators other than it's competitors.