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Noel Millier assesses three minibuses, all based on wide-bodied 300-series Freight Rover Sherpas, but each very different from the others
Freight Rover has recently won an ler for the supply of 450 of its 350 ries Sherpa model to the National Bus ompany for its subsidiaries' increasing J expanding networks of urban minibus ales. At the same time, more and PSV operators, and indeed erators of non-PSV minibuses, are Drt listing the model to see if it fills Ar needs.
CM has recently tried a selection of ssenger carrying examples of Freight over's 300 series Sherpas, designed to !et a wide variety of needs. We have iked at a Carlyle Conversions 16
seater based on Dorrnobile's parcel van, Dorrnobile's own 20-seater based on the extra long wheelbase 350 chassis, and the fast and powerful Rover V8 engined 310 15-seater bus designed with the emergency services in mind.
Finally we had a look at the Sherpa 350 as a luxury coach, and tried an Optare 16 seat version.
DORMOBILE 20-SEATER
We reported on the Carlyle Sherpa in our March 8 issue. The Dormobile 20-seater is similar in many respects. It obviously shares the same basic structure but is based on the extra long 3.6m (rather than the 3.2m) wheelbase chassis.
The Dormobile bus has slightly larger windows than the Carlyle and retains a sliding entrance door for the driver.
While Carlyle Conversions fits its own one-piece body sides to the basic Dor