Optare Excel
| Optare Excel NABI 700SE | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Optare |
| Production | 1995-2004 |
| Assembly | Cross Gates, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Designer | Capoco Design |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 or 2 |
| Floor type | Low floor Step-entrance (NABI 700SE) |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Cummins 6BT Mercedes-Benz OM906LA |
| Capacity | 27-48 seated, 16-22 standing |
| Power output | 160 bhp (120 kW)[1] |
| Transmission | Allison 'World Series' B300R |
| Dimensions | |
| Length |
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| Width | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Curb weight | 8,560 kg (18,870 lb) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Optare Delta Optare Sigma |
| Successor | Optare Tempo |
The Optare Excel is a single-decker bus. It has a low-floor. It was made from 1995 to 2004 by Optare.
In 1995, It replaced the step-entrance Optare Sigma on the Dennis Lance chassis.
Excel 1
[change | change source]From October 1995 to 2000, Optare made a single decker bus called the Optare Excel 1, It had a low-floor.
It had different lengths, the lengths were 9.6 metres (31 ft), 10 metres (33 ft), 10.7 metres (35 ft), 11.5 metres (38 ft) and 11.8 metres (39 ft), It had 36 to 48 seats.[2]
Excel 2
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From 1999 to 2004, Optare made an improved single decker bus called the Optare Excel 2, It had a low-floor.
It had new round headlights, new rear lights and it had a Mercedes-Benz OM906LA engine as an option or a standard Cummins 6BT engine.[source?]
It had different lengths, the lengths were 10.7 m (35 ft), 11.5 m (38 ft) and 11.8 m (39 ft).
In October 2004, The Excel 2 was replaced by the Optare Tempo.
Exports
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A single 10.6 metres (35 ft) Excel was exported to Malta for use by the Supreme Travel Company as a low-floor demonstrator, the internal heating system was removed, it had bigger sliding windows, an improved Cummins engine and it could carry up to 45 passengers.[3][4]
NABI 700SE
[change | change source]In 2002, NABI made the same Excel 2 bus but called it the NABI 700SE, It was made as right-hand drive and it had a step-entrance. It was also made with two or three entrance and exit doors, and it could carry up to 85 passengers. It was made for the Hungarian market.
The first four 700SEs entered service in Kaposvar with the Kaposvar Transit Company in August 2002.[5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Morgan, Mike (4 May 1996). "Driving is believing". Coach & Bus Week. No. 216. Peterborough: Emap. pp. 26–28. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ Williams, Mark (14 October 1995). "Orders come in for Optare's first integral lowfloor citybus". Coach & Bus Week. No. 189. Peterborough: Emap. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ↑ "Optare in Maltese joint venture". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 377. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. 27 September 1996. p. 4.
- ↑ Jones, Stuart (7 March 1997). "UK built low floor buses for overseas markets". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 399. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. p. 17.
- ↑ "Excel goes to Budapest". Coach & Bus Week. No. 530. Peterborough: Emap. 20 June 2002. Archived from the original on 18 September 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ↑ Zoltán, Hlács (27 January 2011). "Magyar buszok Kaposváron". totalcar.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 February 2025.
Other webites
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