(10 Jun 2014, 11:38 am)aureolin wrote It can be a perk yes, but anything can be a perk with the correct spin on it.

Not denying that a Citaro is more luxurious than a Versa, or that it's a bigger investment, but we (as in enthusiasts) aren't the ones needing to be convinced here.

Convincing your average Joe public that a bus is anything other than a bus is another challenge. People recognise a mini bus, a bus, and a double decker. They don't recognise a Citaro is a Citaro, or a Solar is a Solar.

Same with trains though isn't it? How many folk that use East Coast would recognise that it's a HST or 91 that's pulled in?

I remember on the first day of the Citaros being launched on the Wear Tees Xpress, members of the public commented that it was a 'posh bus' compared to the former allocation...

Same happened with the Venture Solos.

Any member of the public regards a bus with Wi-Fi as a new bus too, from what I have noticed.