"With a vehicle for virtually every type of passenger carrying application, our bus and coach range is more comprehensive than ever before," comments Scania (Great Britain) Limited's Sales Director – Bus, Coach and Engines, Geoff Bell. "Add to that the nationwide network of Bus & Coach Specialists we have established as part of the Scania UK service network, plus the 1,000 more Scania service centres throughout Europe, and I believe our overall product offering today is truly second-to-none."
A summary of vehicles within the range is shown in the table below.
THE SCANIA EURO 4 BUS AND COACH RANGE SYNOPSIS
Coaches:
Scania Irizar 'S-Kool' school coach
Scania Irizar InterCentury two-axle inter-urban/touring coach
Scania Irizar Century two-axle touring coach
Scania Irizar PB two- and three-axle luxury touring coach
Berkhof Axial 50 single-deck touring coach
Berkhof Axial 100 double-deck touring coach
Engines:
Scania nine-litre: 230, 270 and 310 horsepower
Scania 12-litre: 340, 380, 420 and 470 horsepower
Gearboxes:
ZF five- and six- speed fully automatic
Scania GR801 Comfort Shift
Scania Opticruise available on all models
Buses:
Scania OmniCity low floor, 12m single/double deck or articulated
Scania OmniLink low entrance, 12m two-axle single deck
13.7m three-axle double deck
East Lancashire single and double deck
Engines:
Scania nine-litre 230, 270 and 310 horsepower
Gearbox:
ZF five- and six-speed fully automatic
Notes:
1. Euro 4 orders. The following is a synopsis of Scania's Euro 4 bus and coach orders to date:
National Express:
Reading Transport:
Nottingham City Transport:
Apcoa:
Tellings:
Elite Services:
The King's Ferry:
Austin Clark: | 44 off K340EB 4x2 Caetano Levante
12 x OmniCity 12m low floor
3 x OmniLink 13.7m low entrance
2 x OmniCity 12m low floor
2 x K340EB 4x2 Berkhof Axial 50
1 x K340EB 6x2*4 Scania Irizar PB
1 x K 340EB 6x2*4 Scania Irizar PB
1 x K 380EB 6x2*4 Berkhop Axial 100 |
2. Ethanol buses: With ethanol now becoming available in the UK, a Scania OmniCity double-deck ethanol-powered bus is currently under construction. This vehicle will arrive in the UK during the late summer of 2006 and will be used as a demonstrator to test operator reaction.
