(22 Jul 2013, 6:23 pm)Adam Malarkey wrote Bad move by GNE by getting Versas for the 58, ... Edit Reason: Offensive comments removed.
That's is an extremely harsh (and in my opinion inaccurate) comment to make. The sort that could get the site into bother. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the same MD who has brought in the Gemini 2's for the TTX and the TEN? and the Hybrids for the Angel... all quality buses without question.
I've got my reservations about Versas, like others will have. The batches for the Orbit, SimpliCity and Drifter were nothing but trouble, and apparently led the former MD to have crisis talks with Optare about the quality of vehicles they were getting. They did have it on demo for quite sometime, so they're obviously confident it works and provides benefits over the Streetlite demo they've got. They wouldn't be able to make a business case for the finance otherwise...