(30 Dec 2013, 9:20 am)Kuyoyo wrote I think you need to re-read my post, Volvo were originally planning to fit the 8-litre engine going in the single decker and some coaches but the operators requested the decker be fitted with the 5-litre engine used in the hybrids.
That would have been 'the majority vote', as it were. Each and every operator would not have requested that they were fitted with 5-litre engines - as Davey Bowyer said, the B5TL is not suitable for the purpose B9TLs are currently being used for, by some operators (in short, a low-floor coach alternative).
I don't think it's a coincidence such a large number (47) of B9TL vehicles were purchased this year, by Go North East.