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Dennis launches darts
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/Dennis Specialist Vehicles is to launch a 9rn-long Dart midibus priced at around £52,000. The October launch will be followed next year by an 8.5m version for Class III PSV drivers in January, and then a 9.8m model in July.
The Guildford, Surrey-based company expects to build 150 of the Cummins-powered midis in their first year of production. Ride-and-drive demonstrations are already underway.
The 9m Dart, which made its debut at last year's Birmingham Motor Show, has 39 seats with room for another 15 standing passengers. The 9.8m model has room for 43 seating passengers and 17 standing.
Both will feature Cummins 6BT 97kW (130hp) engines, with an 86kW (115hp) Cummins 6B engine as an option. Transmission will be an Allison AT 545 four-speed fully autoinatic gearbox.
Dennis says the first 15 Darts to come off the production line have already been reserved.