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Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, England. Image File history File links Plaxton. ...
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Statistics Population: 50,135[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA040880 Administration District: Scarborough Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (North Riding) Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire...
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// Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ...
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// Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ...
Statistics Population: 50,135[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA040880 Administration District: Scarborough Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (North Riding) Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire...
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History The Plaxton of today is the successor to a business founded in Scarborough in 1907 by Frederick William Plaxton. Statistics Population: 50,135[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA040880 Administration District: Scarborough Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (North Riding) Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire...
Beginnings The business was founded as a joinery workshop, and expanded into building contracting. As a building contractor, Plaxtons built a number of notable buildings in Scarborough. Soon after World War I Plaxtons diversified and began to build charabanc bodies on Ford Model T chassis. Of more importance at the time was the construction of automobile bodywork. This included bodywork for Rolls-Royce, Sunbeam and Daimler, but principally for Crossley car chassis. This activity continued through the 1920s, but the depression of 1929-1933 created difficulties for manufacture of luxury automobiles. As a result, the manufacture of charabanc, and later coach bodies became more important through the late 1920s and early 1930s. Customers during this time tended to be local to the Scarborough area, Scarborough being a popular seaside resort. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz...
A charabanc (pronounced sha-ra-bang) is a kind of open-topped bus common in Britain during the early part of the 20th century. ...
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Crossley Motors, based in Manchester, England, produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars from 1904 until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945. ...
A charabanc (pronounced sha-ra-bang) is a kind of open-topped bus common in Britain during the early part of the 20th century. ...
Statistics Population: 50,135[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA040880 Administration District: Scarborough Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (North Riding) Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire...
Coaches of the 1930s By 1936 the company felt justified in construction of a large new manufacturing facility in Seamer Road, Scarborough. This allowed increased production, and Plaxtons became popular with many independent operators throughout Northern England. Many of these operators purchased their vehicles through independent dealers, rather than directly from the factory. In this regard, Plaxton's sales were through Lancashire Motor Traders Ltd of Manchester and Arlington Motor Co Ltd of London. The company became known as F.W. Plaxton & Son by 1937, as the founder's son, also named Frederick William joined the company at the age of 18. FW Plaxton junior was to be known as Eric to avoid confusion with his father. Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester in North West England. ...
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Plaxtons built a number of different coach designs through the 1930s, until settling on a distinctive house style. The style typically consisted of a very rounded front profile at the windscreen area with side windows that sloped backwards at the front, were upright at the center, and sloped forward at the back. Bodywork for the Bedford WTB chassis was particularly distinctive, sloping severally from the bottom of the front wheel arch to the roofline, leaving the "bullnose" radiator grille protruding. The rear also sloped prominently. The WTB chassis was very popular choice for operators at that time, together with the Dodge RBF and SBF. Leyland and AEC chassis were also popular for larger coaches, notably the Leyland Tiger PS1 and AEC Regal III. Bedford was the first to use the Griffin logo 1933 Bedford Two-ton Luton van. ...
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On the outbreak of World War II in 1939, coach production halted and the factory was turned into a munitions factory under the control of the Ministry of Aircraft Production. Many records from the early years were lost when an incendiary bomb set fire to the Seamer Rd factory in 1943 causing much damage. As the factory was under control of the Ministry of Works, production continued in the open air whilst a replacement was constructed. Some adjacent land was loaned by a market gardener who subsequently joined the board years later. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
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1950s Production restarted at the end of 1945.
In 1951 the business was registered for the first time as a private company, Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd.
In 1957 the founder of the company, F.W. Plaxton Senior, died, and was succeeded as Chairman by his son Frederick Jnr, though known as Eric.
In 1958 Plaxtons were approached by Sheffield United Tours (SUT) to design a new crisper design of coach body. The result was the first Panorama body. The main feature of the Panorama design was the large rectangular side windows. A vertical front from the previous Consort II design was used, but with a single piece windscreen. The door was ahead of the front axle and the body could seat 36 passengers. It was built on an AEC Reliance chassis. The 1958 Panorama was entered into the British and the Nice coach rallies, winning top awards at both events. The Panorama became part of the standard product range in 1959, and the design received minor modifications over the next two years.
1960s The first update on the Panorama took place in 1961, the side profile was reduced to a slight curve in the waistrail & roofline and the number of pillars further reduced. The 36 foot version was introduced as soon as legislation allowed and the body was now 8 foot 2.5" wide A great improvement was made to lighting with double front headlights being a standard for the first time. The first 36 foot coach in Britain was a Panorama delivered to SUT in 1961.
Plaxton also became a public company in January 1961.
A new version of the Panorama appeared in 1962 and was altogether a much larger looking vehicle. It had a distinctive front reverse peak overhang at the front dome with a roofline that made the new design look longer than it actually was. The waistline curvature radically reduced to a point where it was almost straight. The rear comprised of a two piece curved glass window that wrapped around to meet the rearmost side pillars. The lights were contained in a single unit with a fin like top rather like the rear of the first Ford Anglia saloon. The front had a small grill located at the bottom of the front panel. The Ford Anglia was a British car from Ford in the UK. It was related to the Ford Prefect and the later Ford Popular. ...
The Embassy design was for the lightweight chassis - mostly the Thames 570E and Bedford SB. This design had a large wrap around windscreen with the door behind the front axle. The front grill was oval in shape a chrome flash through the middle. Although the Embassy design was for smaller chassis an Embassy was shown at the 1962 Commercial Motor Show on a newly introduced Bedford VAL 36ft chassis. This design utilised the large grill from the Embassy (presumably because of the front radiator) but the windows were smaller than the Panorama. It was designated "multi-windowed Embassy" and only six were built. The VAL was mostly bodied with the Panorama-style body.
A new version of the Panorama - designated Panorama I and Panorama II - appeared at the 1964 Motor Show. The waistrail was virtually straight, the roofline distinctly shallower. A wide chrome trim band wrapped around the front and encompassed the first window bay on either side. The trim then swept upwards to the roof line and neatly terminated on the air scoop at the roof line. The window pillar on the first bay was noticeably thicker than the others and gave the impression of size that managed to enhance the appearance of the whole vehicle. The front grill was revised and basically split in two horizontally. Twin headlights each side of a panel that contained ventilation louvres at the top with the lower part comprising the actual grill part that spanned the width of the vehicle. This grill was to become standard with little change until the Supreme IV of 1978. Again a bit of a Plaxton that was instantly recognisable and a familiar sight throughout Britain.
The rear featured two large 9" circular rear lights each side arranged vertically. The entrance door was now the forward in-swinging type. The new design was offered on all medium and heavy weight chassis including Ford R226 and Bedford VAL. Two trim versions were available, called Panorama I and Panorama II. The Panorama II was the cheaper version that was supplied without forced air vents and simpler trim but was provided with top sliding vent windows. The Panorama I in particular sold extremely well. The R-Series range of bus and coach chassis evolved from designs made by Fords Thames commercial vehicle subsidiary until the mid-1960s. ...
Plaxton launched a new design - the Panorama Elite - at the 1968 Commercial Motor Show in London. This essentially set the basic design of British coaches for the next 14 years. The design was stylish, with long sleek lines and gentle curve in the vertical plane. The windows were gasket glazed and the glass gently curved in the vertical plane to suit the body curve. The rear again used the large soup plate lights of the Panorama I, and the front grill was also from the Panorama I.
The interior of The new Panorama Elite was to the usual high standard that everyone had come to expect from a leading coachbuilder like Plaxton. It made more use of laminate then before but this was tastefully specified & well balanced. The interior skirt panels, racks and front cabinet made extensive use of this easily worked & easy to maintain material. The analogue clock in the front dome was flanked either side by small square controllable air vents. The dashboard was improved and made use of a panel of rocker switches infront of the driver with each switch designation lighting for night time operation. Previous dashboards hid the switches in places inaccessible whilst moving. Ventilation was again improved though using the same design of moulded air output & light assembly as the final version of the Panorama I. The racks were trimmed with laminate instead of using vinyl like material from the previous design.
The first major update of the Panorama Elite was unveiled at the 1970 Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court London. The changes though relatively subtle were very relevant to a product that had so far enjoyed wide acclaim and sale.
The Panorama Elite II range built on the success of the Panorama I and Panorama Elite. The front grill was squared up although it still used the same twin headlight layout. The first bay on the near side was tidied up so the top of the window was in line with all the other side windows. Parcel racks were redesigned so the supply of fresh air and light output was more readily available. The service units were now mounted front to back instead of side to side and were much slimmer to maximize on headroom when leaving the seats. Crash padding was provided along the inner side of the racks in the form of black PVC squares filled with padding. The dashboard was again improved as was the front cabinet. The rear of the vehicle still used the soup plates from the previous range.
The Panorama Elite III was the last in the ELITE series. Improvements continued to the basic Elite design, this included rear lighting, rear emergency door and subtle changes to the front grill. The rear emergency door was brought about by changes in legislation and did improve the offside appearance of the Elite. The rear lights abandoned the soup plates in favour of tall lozenge shaped lights and the name badges were re-located from between the side bright metal strips at the back to the front just behind the front door.
All three marques of the Elite range were available with bus grant specification front doors and interiors, although this option was late for Panorama Elite and only a few built. It was however a very popular option for the MkII and MkIII. To compliment this destination blinds were also available in both the front grill and on the roof or front dome for front radiator chassis. This became known as "the Bristol Dome" due to the popularity of orders from National Express (BET etc) for coaches on Bristol LHL chassis. National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ...
The major competitor for the Panorama Elite III was the Duple Dominant launched at the 1972 commercial motor show London. The Duple was of all steel design and was obviously based on the Elite as many of the attributes designed in Scarborough were copied. That said it sold quite well but never caught up with the Elite. The mere fact that at the launch only one Dominant was available due to a long strike at the Blackpool factory couldn't have helped much. That was Duple's most important launch for years.
The Paramount era
 Plaxton Paramount 4000 and Paramount 3500 By the end of the 1970s the British coach scene was dominated by two similar vehicles - the Plaxton Supreme and the Duple Dominant. In the early 1980s coach services over 30 miles were deregulated and there was an increasing attempt by some operators to compete with the railways and airlines for express and intercity travel. As a result there was a move away from light-weight chassis by Bedford and Ford to heavier-duty chassis from Leyland and Volvo, and an emphasis on improved comfort and amenities. There was also a growing interest from operators in imports from Europe due to their stylish eye-catching designs that attracted passengers. In particular, designs from Neoplan and Van Hool received much attention. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1226x590, 1036 KB) Summary Plaxton Paramount 4000 and Plaxton 3500 photographed at Victoria Coach Station, London by RXUYDC Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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In response, Plaxton returned to Ogle Design to create a new look for their coach products. The result was the Plaxton Paramount, which appeared at the 1982 British Motor Show. The Paramount was a squarer design than the Supreme, with cleaner lines, a flatter roof line and a distinctive "feature window" just behind the front wheelarch. From there the waistline sloped down to meet the deeper windscreen. The new style was considerably more modern and was well received. Initially there were two versions, the Paramount 3200 (available in 8, 10, 11 and 12-metre lengths) and the high-floor Paramount 3500 (available in 11 and 12 metre lengths). To the surprise of Plaxtons the majority of early orders for the Paramount were for the 3500 high-floor option. The company was formed by David Ogle in 1954. ...
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In 1984 the design was adapted to produce the Paramount 4000 double-decker coach, initially built on Neoplan underframes. Neoplan's Skyliner coach had popularised the use of the double-deck coach layout, often with a galley, toilet and other amenities on the lower deck. By comparison the Plaxton design was somewhat more utilitarian, usually more focused on higher capacity than on luxury. The design later appeared on chassis by Volvo and Scania. An articulated Neoplan bus arrives at the Silver Spring Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland on February 9, 2005. ...
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Henlys and a new beginning The mid-1980s brought difficult times for Plaxton. A decline in orders due to the economic climate was compounded by management and production problems. The seasonal nature of coach production made recruiting difficult. In March 1987 Plaxton was taken over by Kirkby Bus & Coach, who were Plaxton's largest dealer. Kirkby soon invested in modernising the Scarborough factory and addressed some industrial relations problems.
In 1989 Plaxtons bought Henlys, a company that included motor dealers and Coleman Milne, makers of funeral hearses. The name of the company was changed to Plaxton Group PLC. Henlys Group PLC was a car dealer that became a major player in the bus and coach business in both North America and United Kingdom History Henlys started life as a chain of British Leyland dealers. ...
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In July 1989 Plaxton bought the manufacturing rights for the coach products of its main domestic competitor, Duple for £4m. This included the jigs for the Duple 300 and the Duple 425 integral. Duple Services Ltd., the spares and repair business, was also purchased. Duple Dominant II Duple was best known as a manufacturer of coach and bus bodywork from 1919 until 1989. ...
The 320 was re-worked by Plaxtons at Scarborough later in 1989 and 25 were built and sold as the Plaxton 321.
Many components from the Paramount were used both internally and externally. Identifying traits being the squared up wheel arches and Paramount side mouldings. The 321 was around £6,000 cheaper than a compareable Paramount III. Further batches were considered but it is not know if they were actually built. The 321 was only available from Kirkby.
The 340 with the higher floor was considered but none were built.
A modified version of the 425 design was introduced in 1991 and was built by Carrosserie Lorraine, a French coachbuilder Plaxton had recently purchased from Iveco. Only 12 vehicles were manufactured, and Carrosserie Lorraine was subsequently closed in 1992. Iveco Eurocargo Iveco is a leading European truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. ...
The Dennis Dart, released in 1989, had been a runaway success, so in 1991 the Plaxton Pointer midibus was announced, this was quite a utilitarian, square body. This was followed by the Plaxton Verde, which Plaxton hoped would match the success of its smaller sister, but it failed to capture the market quite as much as the Pointer, and it was clear that the bus industry wasn't buying 12m single-deckers in as large numbers anymore. Later that year new coach bodies, the Plaxton Premiere and Plaxton Excalibur, were launched. Image File history File linksMetadata HA9706@270. ...
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The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
In May 1992, after a management shake-up, the company was renamed Henlys Group PLC. Henlys Group PLC was a car dealer that became a major player in the bus and coach business in both North America and United Kingdom History Henlys started life as a chain of British Leyland dealers. ...
Henlys pursued a strategy of diversification and expansion through the 1990s. The established bus bodybuilder Northern Counties was bought in 1995 for £10m. The UK bus and coach manufacturing business, trading under the Plaxton brand, continued to produce a range of bus and coach bodywork. It also owned one of the largest UK coach dealers, Kirkby, and provided after-sales services to coach and bus operators. Henlys Group PLC was a car dealer that became a major player in the bus and coach business in both North America and United Kingdom History Henlys started life as a chain of British Leyland dealers. ...
Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ...
In August 2000 a joint venture was formed with Mayflower, owners of the Dennis and Alexander brands. The joint venture, known as TransBus International, included only the United Kingdom bus manufacturing operations of both companies, including Plaxton and Northern Counties. Henlys held a 30% stake in the joint venture, which employed 3,300 employees at seven locations. The traditional brands of Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton were replaced by TransBus International. In 2004 Mayflower Group failed, and TransBus International went into receivership. An initial offer from the Plaxton management to buy the coach segment of the company was rejected by the receiver, but was later accepted when a senior TransBus manager and Brian Souter and Ann Gloag of Stagecoach agreed to buy the Alexander Dennis portion of the company. 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. ...
Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ...
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. ...
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Alexander Dennis Limited (formerly known as TransBus International) is the largest bus builder in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world. ...
Independent again Thus the new company, Plaxton Limited, re-emerged as an independent company, employing almost 300 people at its main coach plant in Scarborough and a further 59 at its facility in Anston, which builds small buses and coaches such as the Beaver and Cheetah. Statistics Population: 50,135[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA040880 Administration District: Scarborough Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (North Riding) Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire...
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In May 2005 Plaxton announced its return to the service bus market, launching the Centro, a low-floor single-deck vehicle initially to be offered on VDL SB120 and MAN 14.220 chassis, in 10.7m and 12m lengths respectively, with the first bus completed in February 2006. The Centro will also be available on the VDL SB200 and Volvo B7RLE chassis by the end of 2006, with a 10.2m length also offered. A DAF SB120 owned by Arriva, UK. The VDL SB120 (previously known as the DAF SB120) is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International (formerly DAF Bus International) of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market. ...
The VDL SB200 (previously known as the DAF SB200) is a light-weight 12m citybus produced from 2001 by VDL Bus International (formerly DAF Bus International). ...
Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single deck city bus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 as an addition to the B7L single decker which was unsuccessful in these two countries. ...
The company also revealed the Primo, a 28 seat low-floor minibus, in September 2005. This 7.9m long vehicle is powered by the Cummins ISBe Euro III engine, mounted transversely at the rear. The Primo frame is assembled in Hungary by Enterprise Bus, effectively a conventional chassis in most respects but one which extends up to cantrail level, before being shipped to Scarborough for completion. Euro III (popularly referred to as Euro3) is the emission standard for vehicles introduced in the EU in 1999. ...
Products
Past products (All coach bodies unless noted) Image File history File linksMetadata HV8607. ...
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- Type A
- D Series
- Type F (full fronted)
- Type J (half cab)
- K Series
- L Series
- M Series
- Q2
- Envoy
- Venturer I, II
- Crusader Mk I, Mk II
- Consort Mk I, Mk II
- Highway - (single deck bus)
- Panorama Pioneer (as supplied to SUT)
- Panorama
- Embassy
- Multi window Embassy for Bedford VAL
- Panorama I and Panorama II
- Panorama Elite, Elite Express
- Panorama Elite II, Elite Express II
- Panorama Elite III, Elite Express III
- Panorama IV (For Bedford SB)
- Derwent (single deck bus)
- Supreme, Supreme I, II, III IV, V, VI (1st version of Supreme for *Bristol LHS & Bedford PJK was to be known as Panorama Supreme)
- Viewmaster (Britain's first 3.5m coach)
- Bustler - (single deck bus)
- Paramount 3200, 3500, 4000, Mk I, Mk II, Mk III
- Plaxton 321 (1989 version of the Duple 320 after takeover)
- Derwent 3000 [aka Derwent II] - (single deck bus)
- Paramount III Low driver option
- Verde - for rear engined Dennis Lance, Volvo B10B and Scania N113 single-deck bus chassis
- Excalibur - for Volvo B10M chassis
- Premiere - for Scania K93 chassis
- Prima - for DAF SB3000 chassis
- Prestige - single-deck bus based on remodelled Northern Counties design
- President - double-deck bus
- Beaver / Beaver 2 - for Mercedes-Benz van chassis
- Pointer / Pointer 2 - for Dennis Dart/Dart SLF and Volvo B6/B6LE chassis
A Dennis Lance owned by Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kong. ...
Scania N113 is a transverse-engined route bus which supeseded the Scania N112. ...
A Stagecoach West Scotland-owned Volvo B10M. An SBS Transit Volvo B10M Mark IV with Alexander bodywork in Singapore. ...
Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ...
Plaxton President is the name of a double-decker bus body built by Plaxton from 1999 to 2005 in the United Kingdom. ...
The Plaxton Pointer was a successful single-deck bus manufactured during the 1990s. ...
The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined midibus model built in UK and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ...
The Volvo B6 is a midibus manufactured by Volvo between c. ...
Current products
Coaches - Paragon - for Volvo B10M, B12B, Dennis R-Series, MAN 18.310 and Irisbus Eurorider
- Panther - for Volvo B10M, B12B, Dennis R-Series, MAN 18.310 and Irisbus Eurorider
- Profile - for Volvo B7R and Dennis Javelin chassis
- Cheetah - for Mercedes-Benz Vario van chassis
Both the Paragon and Panther are available in lengths of 12m and 12.8m A Stagecoach West Scotland-owned Volvo B10M. An SBS Transit Volvo B10M Mark IV with Alexander bodywork in Singapore. ...
A Stagecoach West Scotland-owned Volvo B10M. An SBS Transit Volvo B10M Mark IV with Alexander bodywork in Singapore. ...
The Volvo B7R is a coach chassis available on a range of bodies. ...
The Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz, originally launched as the T2 (Transporter 2) in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when facelifted in 1996. ...
Buses - Pronto - for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van chassis
- Beaver - for Mercedes-Benz Vario van chassis
- Primo - for Enterprise Bus Plasma chassis
- Centro - for VDL SB120, VDL SB200, MAN 14.220 and Volvo B7RLE chassis
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The Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz, originally launched as the T2 (Transporter 2) in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when facelifted in 1996. ...
The Plaxton Primo is a type of low-floor bus built by Plaxton. ...
A DAF SB120 owned by Arriva, UK. The VDL SB120 (previously known as the DAF SB120) is a low-floor light-weight midibus produced from 1999 by VDL Bus International (formerly DAF Bus International) of the Netherlands primarily for the UK market. ...
The VDL SB200 (previously known as the DAF SB200) is a light-weight 12m citybus produced from 2001 by VDL Bus International (formerly DAF Bus International). ...
Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single deck city bus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 as an addition to the B7L single decker which was unsuccessful in these two countries. ...
Competitors
Current Alexander Dennis Limited (formerly known as TransBus International) is the largest bus builder in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world. ...
Bova Futura VDL Bova, better known as Bova, is a Dutch luxury coachbuilder which began building coaches in 1931. ...
Irizar is a Spanish-based luxury coach bodybuilder established in 1889. ...
A 1990 Jonckheere Deauville with Volvo chassis, operated by Scancoaches of London. ...
MAN AG (formerly called Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG) is a German transportation company. ...
An articulated Neoplan bus arrives at the Silver Spring Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland on February 9, 2005. ...
Marcopolo S.A. is a bus manufacturer founded on August 6, 1949, in the southern Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul. ...
An Optare Solo used on the Exeter Park and Ride Optare is a bus manufacturer and importer based in Leeds, England. ...
Salvador Caetano is a bus and coach builder based in Portugal with worldwide sales. ...
Setra S 315 UL Setra (the name comes from selbsttragend) is a manufacturer of commercial buses and a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. ...
TEMSA is a manufacturer of coaches, buses and light trucks and is loacated in Adana, Turkey. ...
Van Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches and trailers. ...
VDL Bus International is a Netherlands-based bus builder which originated from the bus-building business of DAF. Originally named DAF Bus International after being separated from the truck-building business of DAF, it joined the United Bus in 1990. ...
Former Duple Dominant II Duple was best known as a manufacturer of coach and bus bodywork from 1919 until 1989. ...
See also Henlys Group PLC was a car dealer that became a major player in the bus and coach business in both North America and United Kingdom History Henlys started life as a chain of British Leyland dealers. ...
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References - Townsin, Alan (Editor) (1982). Plaxtons The Great British Coach Builders. Transport Publishing Company. ISBN 903839695
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