'ortuguese Elme may grow in Britain
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NEW STYLE 16-seat bus icly is to be offered to -itish operators by a Portulese builder called Elme.
The agent in this country is Lorton Swift of Avondale ternational, St Anne's, Lanshire. Swift was overseas. rvice director of Leyland -ucks until last year.
The Elme body will be sent the Department of Transirt for PSV test early next anth, he told CM.
Hunt Trucks of London, inch has a dual franchise for eco and Renault/Dodge icks, has imported the first me body, fitted on an Iveco lily chassis, and will show to operators at Gerrards .oss, Buckinghamshire, next ednesday, October 2.
The body offers a better neral specification than a nversion but will be cornrably priced, said Swift.
He predicted that the mart for 16-seaters will develop er the next four years, and d that Elme aims to ina.se exports to Britain to tween 100 and 200 units a ar.
There is a shortage of inufacturing capacity in itain, he said.