Small bus manufacturers from across Europe were in Madrid recently answering the invitation to put forward their latest vehicles as candidates for the Minibus of the Year accolade. First they had to participate in the second-ever Minibus Euro Test. Stuart Jones was there. The international Bus & Coach of the Year Jury, which has been […]
It is more than two and a half years since I first drove the exciting new VW Crafter replacement for the popular LT Crafter. So what’s that got to do with MAN TGE? They are essentially the same vehicle save for the badging. The old LT was, of course, a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter body which was […]
Converters, coachbuilders and operators will recognise the New Daily as, on the outside at least, it’s visually a very similar vehicle. The latest changes are an upgrade rather than a complete new model as the body structure including the bonnet, is the same as the previous model launched on the top of Mont Blanc in […]
There is no shortage of gusto with John Clarfelt, one of the team behind Ticketer, the integrated ticketing system for PCVs. Many might know him as the man in the centre of the always busy and colourful Ticketer stands at the annual bus and coach exhibitions at the NEC (which last year had an outer-space […]
Let’s come clean. The elephant in the room is the road test a few weeks back of Scania’s 13.2-metre tri-axle Irizar i6S. They’re very similar super-high coaches in very similar niches – the Scania with 53 seats, the DAF-based Integral with 55, but aside from the driveline, the package is very similar. Both have automated […]
Coach drivers below the age of 40 are a rarity, it would seem. But there are exceptions, like Dale Worsfold from Shaws of Whitley, who is in his 20s and loving coach driving (see B&CB 1518, 22 February 2019). When we published the article featuring Dale, Johnsons Coaches of Hibalstow, a village near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire […]
Cutting a vogueish figure, Tazio Puri Negri certainly seems a fitting character to bring Italian style to the UK coach and bus industry. The young, Italian-born entrepreneur has started B.Bus, an airport transfer minibus operation, ferrying passengers between London Luton Airport to their homes in north and central London. “The idea behind it is very […]
If you’re in the market for a premium touring coach, Volvo’s 9900 tri-axle with 57 seats on 14 metres has to be in the mix. Volvo’s new coach features innovative design, fuel-saving aerodynamics, and a novel passenger environment. It is the fruition of a €40m investment by Volvo Bus and includes features such as the […]