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Motor vehicle

Optare Vecta
An Optare Vecta operating with HTL Buses of Liverpool. It was originally an Optare demonstrator.
Overview
Manufacturer	Optare
Production	1991–1997
Assembly	Leeds, England
Body and chassis
Doors	1 door
Floor type	Step entrance
Chassis	MAN 11.180/11.190
Powertrain
Engine	MAN (original) Cummins (re-engines)
Capacity	31 to 39 seated
Transmission	ZF automatic
Dimensions
Length	10200mm
Width	2500mm
Height	3000mm
Chronology
Successor	Optare Excel

The Optare Vecta was a step-entrance single-decker bus body that was built on MAN chassis by Optare of Leeds, England between 1991 and 1997. The Vecta was largely similar to the Delta body on the DAF SB220, but had a straight front end with a separately mounted destination display. Most were based on the 11.190 chassis, but there were also two built on the less powerful 11.180. The Vecta is built for medium-length chassis whereas the Sigma is built for full length chassis as the Dennis Lance chassis.

Operators

A total of 130 were built, with the biggest customer being United Automobile Services with 51. Trent Buses took 15, while Reading Buses bought 13, including the two 11.180s. Other significant customers included London bus operators Westlink and R & I Tours (eight and five respectively), Scottish coach operator Hutchison of Overtown (seven) and Crosville Cymru, Black Prince of Morley and Tillingbourne of Cranleigh (four each).

Second-hand

The United and Crosville Cymru vehicles were subsequently operated by Arriva North East, with some having their MAN engines replaced by Cummins power units.

References

Switch Mobility, a marque of Ashok Leyland, bus and coach timeline, 1985–present

Type	1980s					1990s										2000s										2010s										2020s
	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
Minibus			StarRider													Alero						Alero
																Soroco								Soroco
						9000												Bonito							Viedo
																					Toro
Midibus	CityPacer														Solo															Metrocity
					MetroRider																		Solo SR
							Vecta															Versa																	EiV 7
Full-size bus				Delta														Agora Line						Esteem (ELC)														E1
										Sigma																												EiV 12
											Prisma																	Tempo SR
											Excel					Excel 2					Tempo
Double-decker bus								Spectra																Olympus (ELC)						Metrodecker
																								OmniDekka (ELC)														EiV 22
Coach													Solera						Solera HD
LCV
																																					eLCV Dost
																																							IeV Series
Switch Mobility (renamed from Optare) who had a reverse takeover of Darwen Group who acquired East Lancashire Coachbuilders (ELC)

"Optare Vecta citybus unveiled". Commercial Motor Archive. 14 March 1991. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

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