Optare Vecta

The Optare Vecta was a step-entrance single-deck bus body manufactured by Optare between 1991 and 1997 on the MAN 11.180 and 11.190 chassis.[1]

Optare Vecta
Arriva North East Optare Vecta bodied MAN 11.190 at Middlesbrough bus station in May 2009
Overview
ManufacturerOptare
Production1991 - 1997
AssemblyCross Gates
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor typeStep entrance
ChassisMAN 11.180
MAN 11.190
Dimensions
Length10.2 metres
Width2.50 metres
Height3.00 metres
Chronology
SuccessorOptare Excel

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 was built for medium-length chassis whereas the Sigma was built for full length chassis as the Dennis Lance chassis.[2]

A total of 130 were built, with United Automobile Services purchasing 51, including the first two.[3][4] Trent Buses 15 and while Reading Buses 14.[5]

References

  1. Optare Vecta citybus unveiled Commercial Motor 14 March 1991
  2. Daughters of Delta Buses issue 690 September 2012 page 40
  3. Optare Vectas for Teesside Commercial Motor 10 October 1991
  4. Optare captures £4.5m Vecta order Commercial Motor 1 October 1992
  5. Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.

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