Thoughts?

 

sleek as far as busses go

 

coming down the m1?

 

Its not like they hatch in the thames is it? Chances are there made elsewhere

 

Looks they've captured the shape of the classic London bis and given it a modern twist, very smart!

 

Looks pretty funky in my opinion.

 

It looks very modern to me.I like it,no doubt it will have a eco frendly engine in it.

 

shouldnt have got rid of the old ones in the first place.

 

Looks cool

 

I like that, hopefully with that window at the back you'll be able to see up birds skirts as they go up and down stairs

 

proberbly

 

I don't think they have completely have they? I still see Routemasters in service around London.

IIRC wasn't the new one designed by Aston Martin? Or should i lay off the crack pipe?

 

the routemasters u still see in london are on so called heritage routes.

 

The route masters were taken out of service due to not being green enough and the congestion charge would have cost a fortune iirc.

 

im sure they could have been fitted with a decent engine if needs be, plus the green arguement is blown out the water by the CO2 emissions arguemnent based on using a old vehicle rather than the enormous CO2 waste in production of a new vehicle. Routemasters were the perfect bus for london, easy to drive, easy to maintain, flexible, reliable and good value for money.

 

Very very nice I like a lot

 

Looks pretty funky, I wonder what engine they will have? Diesel electric hybrid thing?

 

1.2 3cyl diesel if Boris Johnson has his way

 

they were shite to drive and went wrong loads

turning circles were terrible due to no overhang at the front and if the gearboxes got too hot they would explode, too hot being stuck in traffic for more than 10 minutes they used to make little lead plugs to stick into the torque converters so that they would melt before the boxes blew up

 

I love it (as much as I can love a bus)

Not better than the old one but it's as good if that makes sense.

Certainly better than those bloody bendy buses. Didnt they get rid of the old ones because it was too high up for wheelchair users? Thats what I always thought anyway.

 

who cares, i have a car and will never travel on a piss stained bus

 

Was actually designed and built by Wright Bus in Northern Ireland (about 40 mins drive from me)

 

Hear hear, and piss smelling people as well

 

They look weird but I kinda like them

 

nail head

 

They look good...!

 

was an article on them in the sunday times this weekend.

more economical than current buses due to diesel electric hybrid system - basically an electric motor drive charged by a diesel engine apprently.

i reckon they will become iconic and the tourists will love them, which is why boris has done it.

 

Is that a NISSAN badge on the front?

Diesel - Electric is the way to go .. AC Drive .. Regeneration technology dynamic braking ..

Looks OK ...

 

Looks a bobby dazzler i reckon, as far as buses go like, looks a bit like a Routemasters gone through a time warp, been stretched squeezed and poked a bit and this popped out the other side

 

Looks cool, but the wheels look terrible

 

Look better painted Citrus Yellow & on bbs split rims.

 

I spoke to a guy that works for arrivia today and he said they are only building 20 of these for central london special routes only and maybe 1 going woodford green area but they are concerned about vandals wrecking them as its something nice and new

 

SHOUT!

Tom

 

I absolutely LOVE the (old) Routemasters !