Lowdown On Volvo B12

• A new low-cab version of the Volvo B12 is one of the options being considered before launching the rear-engined top-of-therange coach on the UK market. The B12, currently......

Shearings Goes With Van Hool

• Van Hool has beaten Plaxton to win Shearing's 1993 order for new coaches. Rank-owned Shearings — the country's largest coach tour operator — has shared its recent orders......

Rejuvenated Wessex On Way

• Wadham Stringer's rejuvenied Wessex midibus is on line to be available to operators at the end of this year, and it should cost less than its six-year-old predecessor, says......

Optare Captures 14.5m Vecta Order

• Optare has won its biggest single order ever and the largest for the Vecta midibus launched early last year. The Westcourt Group's North East Bus, the former Caldaire business......