(19 Oct 2024, 10:15 am)Storx wrote I'm not sure the D8K would be deemed overkill, it was just never available for purchase.

The fact that Arriva and others have been buying them with the Evora would suggest there would be some demand if it was actually available.

I think there was a big push for lightweight vehicles during the middle of last decade though.

I don't think Volvo should've went with the B5TL, as the lightweight decker segment was already well covered by the StreetDeck and to be fair, if just 'pottering' around the doors which they were designed for, a WrightBus Integral chassis would be more than fine.

Maybe Volvo should've offered both a B7TL2 (with the Cummins ISBe 6.7) where something more substantial than a StreetDeck was required but not 'too' substantial......and a B8TL (using the Volvo D8K) where something truly heavy duty was needed and a like for like replacement to the B9TL.

Both would've been good alternatives to the ADL E400MMC chassis and Scania N250UD chassis.