‘Scene’ at the Bus & Coach show at the NEC in 2017 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual B&C show at the NEC has been cancelled for 2020 because of the Covid 19 Pandemic.

 

Regular readers/viewers of my blog will know that I would normally have published a number of blogs built round what was new in the 2020 show.

 

As I am not able to do so, I will fill the gaps created by re-running some of the highlights from previous shows.

 

Sometimes (but not always) a veteran bus from earlier years  puts in an appearance.

 

The 2017 show today, 2018 tomorrow.

 

JH67 COM jhcoaches.com. Scania K450EB6 / Ayats Eclipse

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Elegantly Exotic!.

 

 

 

Irizar i2e electric bus demonstrator 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The search for alternative power sources continued.

 

For more images see my blog posted 05/10/2017.

 

 

 

 

Irizar i6s ‘Kings Ferry’

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro200 / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Although Alexander Dennis Ltd. had been building the (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC for some considerable time, they were still in the process of clearing the production of earlier buses out of the system.

 

Many operators took advantage of the bargain prices that were offered for new buses built to an older specification.

 

 

 

 

DAF vanHool Acron TX16 ’70 years (of vanHool production) (1947 I 2017) anniversary livery

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Stunning!

 

 

 

 

Irizar i4h integral

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

The ‘blurb’ on the side panelling reads.

 

 “UK’s 1st. Hybrid coach”.

 

I cannot remember ever seeing one on the roads.

 

'Scene' at ‘Coach & Bus UK17’ part 5 on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual pilgrimage to the NEC seems to come round quicker every year.

 

This years offerings were a bit disappointing because out of the major UK bus manufacturers neither Optare nor the Wright group attended.

 

However there was still plenty of interest.

 

Ayats, the Spanish coachbuilder has ventured into the British market a number of times, usually with large, high capacity coaches.

 

Their offering is another of the same which carries the name ‘Eclipse’.

 

On close examination it is a very impressive vehicle.

 

JH67 COM ‘jhcoaches.com’  Scania / Ayats Eclipse

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ MAN / Ayats Eclipse

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

Mercedes-Benz have been making appearances at the NEC for a long time .

 

This year they have introduced a re worked ‘Tourismo’ coach

 

With some 30,000 or more of the earlier version having been produced the new one will have to go a long way to ‘Eclipse’ it !

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo RHD /1

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo RHD /2

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

On a nearby stand, ‘Dawson Rentals’ had the earlier Tourismo on display allowing direct comparisons to be made between the two variants.

 

 

‘Coach & Bus UK17’ Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’