Plaxton
UK business
Plaxton was a builder of bus bodies, They was founded in 1907 in Eastfield, North Yorkshire, England by Frederick William Plaxton.[1]
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation, manufacturing |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Eastfield, North Yorkshire, England |
| Products | Bus and coach bodies |
| Owner | NFI Group |
Number of employees | 750 |
| Parent | Alexander Dennis |
| Website | plaxtonlimited |
Products
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Current
changeCoaches
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As of 2021[update], the following models are being made:[2]
- Cheetah XL minicoach
- Elite luxury coach
- Elite i inter-deck coach
- Leopard entry-level coach
- Panorama double-decker coach
- Panther mid-spec coach
- Panther Cub short-wheelbase coach
- Panther LE low-entry intercity service coach
Buses
changeAfter the Centro, Primo and Pronto were stopped being made, Plaxton do not make any of their own-branded buses. the Plaxton factory at Scarborough does currently make the Enviro200 MMC and Enviro400 MMC buses for parent company Alexander Dennis.
Past
change(All coach bodies unless noted)
- Type A
- D Series
- Type F (full fronted)
- Type J (half cab)
- K Series
- L Series
- M Series
- Q2
- Envoy
- Venturer I, II, III
- Crusader Mk I, Mk II
- Consort Mk I, Mk II, Mk III, Mk IV
- Highway – (single deck bus)
- Panorama
- Embassy I, II, III, IV
- Panorama I and Panorama II
- Panorama Elite, Elite Express
- Panorama Elite II, Elite Express II
- Panorama Elite III, Elite Express III
- Panorama IV (For Bedford SB and VAS)
- Derwent, Derwent II (single deck bus)
- Supreme I, II, III, IV, V, VI (1st version of Supreme for *Bristol LHS & Bedford PJK was to be known as Panorama Supreme)
- Viewmaster (Britain's first 3.5M coach)
- Bustler – (single deck bus)
- Paramount 3200, 3500, 4000, Mk I, Mk II, Mk III including low driving position option
- Plaxton Expressliner (Paramount III for National Express)
- Derwent 3000 – (single deck bus)
- Plaxton 321 (1989 version of the Duple 320 after takeover)
- Plaxton 425 (post-takeover version of the Duple 425 built by French subsidiary, Carrosserie Lorraine)
- Verde – for rear engined Dennis Lance, Volvo B10B and Scania N113 single-deck bus chassis
- Excalibur – for Volvo B10M and Volvo B12T chassis
- Premiere 320, 350 – for Volvo B10M, Scania K93, Dennis Javelin chassis amongst others
- Prima – for Volvo B7R, DAF SB3000 chassis
- Prestige – left hand drive product sold to France and Italy on Volvo B12R
- Prestige – single-deck bus based on remodelled Northern Counties design
- President – double-deck bus
- Beaver / Beaver 2 / Beaver 3 – minibus for Mercedes-Benz van chassis
- Pointer / Pointer 2 – for Dennis Dart/Dart SLF and Volvo B6/B6LE chassis
- Paragon – for Volvo B10M, B12M and B12B, Dennis R-Series, MAN 18.310 and Irisbus EuroRider
- Profile (10m and 12m)[3] – for Volvo B7R and Dennis Javelin chassis
- Primo / Primo 2 – midibus based on the frame of Enterprise Bus Plasma
- Centro – for VDL SB120, VDL SB200, MAN 12.240, MAN 14.220 and Volvo B7RLE single-deck bus chassis
- Cheetah (8.5m)[4] – for Mercedes-Benz Vario van chassis
References
change- ↑ Deakin, Tim (12 June 2019). "Plaxton launches own coach rally". routeone. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ↑ "Plaxton Coaches". Alexander Dennis. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ "Plaxton Profile brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "Cheetah brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012.
- Brown, Stewart J (2007). Plaxton 100 Years: A Centenary of Innovation 1907 – 2007. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-3209-2
- Townsin, Alan (Editor) (1982). Plaxtons The Great British Coach Builders. Transport Publishing Company. ISBN 0-903839-69-5
