Every two years the International Coach of the Year trophy is handed to the proud directors of a manufacturer at the Busworld exhibition amid camera flashes and congratulatory speeches. Before that can happen, there is the rather less glamorous process of deciding which coach is most worthy of the prize which is, along with the […]
Never before has there been a double-deck member of the Futura family, and the arrival of the Futura FDD2 signals another step towards the final unification of VDL’s constituent brands under the VDL banner, the only remaining exception being the recently updated Jonckheere JHV2. Of VDL’s constituent Berkhof, Bova and Jonckheere coachbuilding concerns, both Berkhof […]
In the job for only ten months, Scania’s Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Buses & Coaches, Karin Radstrom, told the Jury that Scania has doubled its market share and the number of buses it sold between 2012 and 2016, achieving a total of 8,253 in 2016, up 21% on the previous year. It intends […]
The new generation Tourliner, first seen at last year’s IAA show in Hanover, is built in the same Turkish factory as the MAN Lion’s Coach and shares the same driveline but it is distinctly different. Using the services of MAN’s BMC (Bus Modification Centre) at the former Neoplan manufacturing plant at Plauen, it can be […]
Yet to be seen at a major exhibition having been launched in Brussels during June, the Tourismo is the Mercedes-Benz coach for the future, supplanting not only the existing Tourismo range but also the top of the range Travego. It is offered in four variants, all of which are also available in right-hand drive, the […]
Irizar’s i8 Integral is, in the company’s own words, ‘the pillar on which Irizar builds its future in the premium long distance and occasional service sector.’ Successor to the PB, itself once a winner of the International Coach of the Year title when mounted on a Scania chassis, it shows the progress of Irizar’s move […]
Despite being the only one of the candidates not offered in the UK, the Evadys is a coach which might well appeal to UK operators because of its ability to find work seven days a week; what our European colleagues call a ‘double earner.’ Built at the Vysoke Myto plant in the Czech Republic, Iveco’s […]
A campaign has been launched urging community transport operators to mount a legal challenge against new Section 19 guidance. Mobility Matters aims to raise awareness of the CT sector and, ultimately, reverse the insistence of government that S19 and Community Bus Permit (S22) operators cannot run publicly tendered services and, in many circumstances, require unrestricted […]