A factory packed with green buses in various states of construction is considered a good sign at Optare. The Sherburn-in-Elmet plant is currently manufacturing £21m-worth of Solos for its 114-bus order from Tranzit Group, one of New Zealand’s largest public transport operators, which is part of the company’s focus on better expanding itself in the […]
I work alongside a journalist who edits magazines for Audi and Volkswagen enthusiasts, and gets a steady stream of high-end road test vehicles. When they arrive, I get the chance to take a look at VW and Audi’s parent VAG group’s take on what makes an interior modern. Those cars are in my mind now, […]
I had a wander into town the evening before meeting up with Lucketts, and joked afterwards that I went to Fareham but it was closed; Tuesday nights in any small town are short on thrills, but from what I could see with empty sleeping bags in shop doorways, even the homeless people were out. It’s […]
The first electric Citaros, scheduled to begin production at the end of the year, will offer a range of approximately 150km and will be ‘future proofed’ against new battery technology. With Mercedes-Benz seeming to be ‘late to the party’ with electric buses, Head of Product Engineering, Gustav Tuschen, not only described the vehicle and explained […]
Allan Vaulter retired in 2016 but has set up a new business doing what he does best. Stuart Jones went to Taunton to see him. It may seem to those in the South West that Allan Vaulter has been selling coaches forever, but this is not true. He started as recently as 1975 having previously […]
Few organisations are likely to be fully compliant by 25 May 2018 (especially as some key guidance is yet to be published and the Data Protection Bill is yet to pass through parliament). However, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has indicated that those who fail to engage with the GDPR by the implementation date will […]
Martyn Hoare and I cannot be sure how long ago it was that I last visited, but it’s pretty clear to me that Bluebird Coaches of Weymouth has come a long way since. I remember a traditional coach operation with its feet firmly planted in the town, its seafront travel shop providing that mainstay of […]
Boulder Bridge Lane near Barnsley is the stuff of legend; the place where buses and coaches meet their maker. On the face of it, breaking up PSVs may seem a simple act of destruction but, as we discovered, it’s actually a complex and risky business, paying ahead for raw materials which may fall in value […]