Optare Prisma
First Manchester Optare Prisma bodied Mercedes-Benz O405 at Eccles Interchange in December 2007
Overview
ManufacturerOptare
AssemblyCross Gates
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor typeStep entrance
ChassisMercedes-Benz O405

The Optare Prisma was a single-decker bus body that was fitted to the Mercedes-Benz O405 chassis. The body was constructed from Alusuisse aluminium alloy.[1][2][3]

The front end of the body was built by Mercedes-Benz as standard. The sides and back end of the body followed the styling of other Optare products at that time, such as the Delta and Vecta.[3][4]

A total of 121 were manufactured between 1995 and 1998, major purchasers being Grampian Regional Transport (35), Tees & District (25), East Yorkshire Motor Services (16), Eastern Scottish (10) and Leicester Citybus (10).[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Merc underframed Prisma Commercial Motor 30 March 1995
  2. ^ Webb, Mary; Clarke, Jackie (2007). Jane's Urban Transport Systems. Jane's Information Group. p. 389 & 391. ISBN 9780710628169. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Daughters of Delta Buses issue 690 September 2012 page 44
  4. ^ a b Mercedes-Benz Rarity Bus & Coach Preservation ISSN 1462-1886 November 2018 page 36
  5. ^ Optare Prisma Bus Lists on the Web

External links

Media related to Optare Prisma at Wikimedia Commons


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