Kettlewell's Coaches opts for automatic Scanias
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• Retford-based Kettlewell's Coaches has purchased two Scania K92 single deck buses for bus work in the local area.
The buses are the first K92s to be bodied by East Lancashire Coach Builders, the first to be fitted with automatic transmission, and the first to be built in the UK using a conventional chassis on a six metre wheelbase.
Both vehicles are fitted with 180kW Scania DS9-03 engines, Scania GA771R four-speed gearboxes with integral retarders and an air suspension system with the Scalia kneeling facility, which allows the driver to lower the front nearside of the vehicle to reduce the step height.
Aubrey Kettlewell, managing director of Kettlewell's Coaches says, "The bus works 18 hours a day, seven days a week covering 3,700km in that time. It has returned 11.29 mpg (25 litilOOkm) so far. We
are very pleased with it and so are the passengers."
The first vehicle is now operating, and the second will be delivered next month. They are being supplied by Stuart Johnson of Sheffield.