(23 Feb 2014, 4:35 pm)tyresmoke wrote I'm guessing they thought it was better as a single colour repaint is cheaper. Unfortunately it also looks much cheaper...
Go North East's corporate livery is designed to be cheaper because there are only a few buses in this livery which are on frontline allocation rather than in the reserve fleet. Their focus is the main brands.
I can't speak for Plymouth Citybus, but I guess they were wanting a simple but effective corporate livery to reduce costs. I don't think their corporate livery looks cheap at all though, for what it's worth. Without the "swoop" it would, mind.