Hestair Dennis road shows
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Automatic Dorchesters fitted with Plaxton Paramount 3200 bodywork for Western SMT was shown at the spring coach rallies and the Bus and Coach Council coaching symposium. Since then automatic Dorchesters also with Plaxton coachwork have been supplied to Leicester City Transport.
The first bodied 12m manually-geared Dorchester coach is now at Dennis's Guildford headquarters and will provide a major boost in the company's bid to interest independents.
went with Dennis to collect the demonstrator from the Valkenswaard coachworks of Carrosseriefabriek Berkhof in the Netherlands and drove it back to Guildford.
A full report on the 3.5m hic 53-seat Ensign Esprit coach w appear at a later date. It was ir pressive both to drive and ride and compares well in all re pects with its principal rivals, ti Volvo B1OM and the Leylar Tiger.
The Dorchester is powered t a mid-mounted Gardric 6HLXCT engine rated to develc 171.5kW (230bhp) at 1,900rpi and 915Nm (673 lbft) torque 1,400 rpm. It has full air suspel sion, integral power steerir and the familiar ZF S6.80 si. speed synchromesh gearbox.
Dennis is to operate a Plaxtc Paramount 3200 bodie demonstrator as well as the Ei sign bodied vehicle.