For 2015, Showbus returned to the grounds of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. More than 20 years since the previous rain soaked events there, Martin Isles and his organising team were rewarded with a dry and partly sunny day. However, appearances can be deceptive and following heavy rain earlier in the week, the site’s wide expanse […]
Nick Page, MD of Volvo Buses in the UK and Ireland was upbeat when he addressed the press at a meeting last week. He described the past 12 months as ‘a strong year’ pointing out that an increase in volume had been achieved in comparison with the previous 12 months. He was particularly proud of […]
Kempton Park Racecourse was the setting for this year’s Pro Driver Live, an event aimed specifically at the private hire and chauffeur market. Irish minibus builders EVM, took the opportunity to showcase their new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter based, ‘8 seat X-Clusive’ at the show. EVM has recognised an opening in the market for luxury, spacious vehicles […]
Fifty years ago on 13 July 1965 Cummins officially opened its engine production plant at Darlington, initially producing Vee engines. The plant began as a joint venture with Chrysler but since 1968 has been a wholly Cummins owned operation. Over the ensuing five decades the story has been one of considerable and increasing success that […]
Lothian Buses has been an enthusiastic supporter of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day, which gives the public the opportunity to explore some of Edinburgh’s most architecturally, culturally and socially significant buildings, for a number of years. Previously it has frequently featured a surprise vehicle to interest visitors and in 2015 went one better with two vehicles […]
It will be the big launches that grab the headlines at Coach & Bus Live and they provide plenty to entice operators to make the trip to the National Exhibition Centre, but there is much more to the event than this. It may be the smaller and shorter of Diversified’s two bus and coach industry […]
Refurbishing buses and coaches to give them a new lease of life is nothing new and having them repaired is all too familiar an experience. However, that does not mean the market for this work has stayed the same over the years. Chris Peat has contacted various companies skilled in rejuvenation to find out what […]
Mellor Coachcraft of Rochdale, part of the Woodall-Nicolson Group, has long had a lively business producing coachbuilt wheelchair accessible vehicle conversions on the Iveco Daily panel van chassis. Last year we brought you news of a completely new Iveco Daily panel van range Iveco were introducing, building upon the success they had achieved with the […]