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16/09/2010 13:48:20
VWL119 wrote:Not having a traditional auto doesn't do them any favours but the industry is moving away from these due to the superior fuel economy of the new generation i-Shift/AS Tronic gearboxes. Scania only offers it on the least powerful engines. Volvo got a stern warning from the 3 big UK groups (Stagecoach , First & Arriva) that they risk being eliminated from the fleet sales market if they dont cop themselfs on about what the operators want in terms of coach gearboxes , which is full automatic , I believe that Moir Lockhead (First Group) recently said that they would look at having all their coach needs met from Japaneese manufacturers if the likes of Volvo will not supply the spec they want. (Ulsterbus made a similar threat to Leyland many years ago when Leyland was pushing the National on them and did'nt want to supply the RELL (which was basically a Leyland product by that stage) , Ulsterbus threatened to "Go Japaneese" , and within weeks Leyland agreed to continue production of the RELL as an "Export" model for Ulsterbus)
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