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1DON ATKINSON is drop; two of its export bus ssi , but is not withvins entirely from the bus ket te Perkins-engined Pen, 4 and 5 models, with front rear engines respectively, being abandoned in their ent form pending redesign k.
ore market versions of Pennine 4, most of which used as the basis for panLnicons and mobile broading units, will remain in luction at the Oldham ks Six are being corned ;ust now for the BBC. le heavy-duty Pennine 7 ;le decker, with underr-mounted Gardner 6LXB me, remains available, cipally to the order of the tti h Bus Group which takes 100-120 each year. Latest versions for SBG have semiautomatic gearboxes.
A company spokesman would not comment about suggestions that the Gardner rear-engined Pennine RU model might be reintroduced to meet demands from Northern Ireland and other areas, He said: "We have talked to large operators in various parts of the country about their future vehicle requirements."
SA's small bus production compares with output of 5,000 200-series and Perk insengined municipal vehicles at Oldham, and 400-series heavy vehicles at both Oldham and Preston.