[GB] Darwen takes over Optare

In the latest twist of the British coachbuilding industry, Darwen, formerly East Lancs Coachbuilds, has agreed to take over Optare in a deal of GBP 16 million.

Both manufacturers were owned by the same owner , with ELC bought out in last August after it went bankrupted and Optare sold its entire share in March this year.

The takeover will be formally completed by next month and the new group will be traded as Optare, so I assume all Drawen/ELC products will be rebranded accordingly - and this will bring a double deck bodywork into the Optare brand after the Spectra was out of production a few years ago.

Related news:
http://www.busandcoach.com/newsStory.aspx?id=1993

[ 本帖最後由 NV58 於 2008-6-21 12:24 編輯 ]

Interesting~~waiting for an optare w/ ELC body

So what will happen to the Optare new side engine double decker?

有無人知將取代雙層DB250LF 0個隻車點解遲遲都
未見人？好似連呢款全新車款草圖都未見過．．．