[UK] The origin of Enviro 500?!

The Plaxton President



Just rode on one of these a week ago and found that the upper front of Plaxton President
looked like that of Enviro 500...and this reminds me that Plaxton is now under Alexander
Dennis. Would I be able to comment that they are under the same "family tree"?

This is not news. I have been saying that ever since the E500 came out.



And I still think the President looks MUCH better than the E500, esp. the first version.

[ 本帖最後由 NV58 於 2009-8-30 20:52 編輯 ]

I remember that I have read a book (or an article) mentioned that the Enviro 500 body is evolved from the President body. So it's normal if you found them to share some similarities.

原帖由 da54 於 2009-8-31 12:01 發表
I remember that I have read a book (or an article) mentioned that the Enviro 500 body is evolved from the President body. So it's normal if you found them to share some similarities.

I have read a article that the Enviro 300 (First Gen) and Enviro 500 was developed by Plaxton's line (Under Transbus)

原帖由 NV58 於 2009-8-31 04:50 發表
This is not news. I have been saying that ever since the E500 came out.



And I still think the President looks MUCH better than the E500, esp. the ...

The similarity is even more obvious in this livery...
I agree with you that the President looks better than E500.
Although E500 inherits some elements of the Plaxton body, the interior still shows
characteristic of Alexander body...without surprise at all .

原帖由 sutrak 於 2009-8-31 07:37 發表


I have read a article that the Enviro 300 (First Gen) and Enviro 500 was developed by Plaxton's line (Under Transbus)

The "Mk.1" Enviro 300 is based on the Plaxton 2000 concept, of which only two were built.

The answer - in my opinion- is not so simple: The team  desiging the President body [Plaxton] and the team that designed the alx400/500 bodies [Dennis/Transbus/Alexander]  merged in 2001.
It took some time, and a change in personnel, but the design departments were also merged into one, and eventually, the E200/300/400/500 range was created. i would describe the E500 and the E200 as influenced by the Plaxton designs; the E400 design, which is later than the E500, has even less in common with the Plaxton body design.

regards

Yoram