Originally posted by Acx1688:The cancellation/premature withdrawal from london roads are mainly political in nature...
Mercedes > German
DDs n their engines > mostly UK
aniway took their bendies when i was in London for a period of time...
the buses have zero steps front end to rear
plastic bucket seats dun differ much in terms of our bendy, the interior is light blue...
and theirs is not like our plug door, they push n slide doors...
passengers using their oyster cards can board from the rear doors unlike urs...
True its all political thats why i asked an Israeli bussinessman who would never buy German cars even though he can afford it.He owns a Chrysler and Ford backhome..Same goes for Proton in SG no matter how well the export version is ppl here still condemm it
Originally posted by Acx1688:The cancellation/premature withdrawal from london roads are mainly political in nature...
Mercedes > German
DDs n their engines > mostly UK
In fact the mayor was elected with the promise to get rid of bendies from London streets.
The previous one got rid of the Routemaster and replaced them with bendies, which was extremely unpopular due to its iconic nature, boarding times and seating capacity.
It didn't help that the bendy buses caught fire in a few incidents, one notoriously while it was on the Motorway (Expressway), new bendy on delivery route to the bus company.
Originally posted by Acx1688:The cancellation/premature withdrawal from london roads are mainly political in nature...
Mercedes > German
DDs n their engines > mostly UK
aniway took their bendies when i was in London for a period of time...
the buses have zero steps front end to rear
plastic bucket seats dun differ much in terms of our bendy, the interior is light blue...
and theirs is not like our plug door, they push n slide doors...
passengers using their oyster cards can board from the rear doors unlike urs...
But Dennis Tridents use Cummins engines from USA. Also, Volvo is a Swedish brand. Ditto for Scania.
No wonder UK has no MAN 24.310s because of the German connection. The only reason for using the Citaroes was to honour some EU Free Trade deal.
Fellow enthu found this photo online, should be taken not too long ago:
East Lancs 'Kinetec+', MAN 18.240.
Originally posted by iveco:But Dennis Tridents use Cummins engines from USA. Also, Volvo is a Swedish brand. Ditto for Scania.
No wonder UK has no MAN 24.310s because of the German connection. The only reason for using the Citaroes was to honour some EU Free Trade deal.
*Suspect Volvo, Scania, Cummins have manufacturing facilities in Uk > provide jobs...
Merz > probably Zilch
*my comments
Originally posted by TIB1224Y:Fellow enthu found this photo online, should be taken not too long ago:
East Lancs 'Kinetec+', MAN 18.240.
My bad, I didn't know MAN had operations in UK.
Anyway, back to topic. Citaroes, both rigid and artic, may not be suitable for SG due to its width.
