(11 Aug 2014, 8:42 pm)Kuyoyo wrote MANs in Europe work find - as they drive on the right so their radiators grills are on the offside. In the UK, the grills are on the UK nearside so they are forever drawing the rubbish out of the gutter and clogging up the vents, hence why Stagecoach stopped buying them (that and MANs at Euro4 were cr*p anyway) hence they are busy replacing MAN engines in Solos, Versa and Euro4 MANs with Cummins engines.
I wonder whether or not Volvo and Wrightbus will take into consideration the Go Ahead Group and launch a heavyweight engine / chassis combination. I know they want to be efficient but in 2018 and over the few years after that? GNE are going to have to start buying 104 new buses to replace the B9TL's, B5TL's and various other types for the Red Arrows (14+2), TTX (7+1), Angel (18+2), TEN (14+2) Fab 56 (15+2), Pronto (8+1) and Cobalt Clipper (16+2). And lets not forget potential capacity increases that maybbe required like the Laser, Prince Bishops, Toon Link, West Durham Swift, Crusader and WTX