18 FEATURE FEATURE 19 ROAD TEST Getting matey with 80 MARK WILLIAMS, GROUP EDITOR mark@busandcoachbuyer.com first went to Marshalls I Coaches of Leighton Buzzard some 20 years ago or more, when Fred Marshall was master of all he surveyed. The occasion was...
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18 FEATURE FEATURE 19 ROAD TEST Getting matey with 80 MARK WILLIAMS, GROUP EDITOR mark@busandcoachbuyer.com first went to Marshalls I Coaches of Leighton Buzzard some 20 years ago or more, when Fred Marshall was master of all he surveyed. The occasion was the delivery of an entire fleet of new Beulas Eurorider coaches which, at the time, were the coaches with the ‘wow factor’ and, if I remember correctly, leather headrested seats. The last word in luxury. I asked Fred how the coaches would be used: “For everything,” he said. “Except schools?” I queried. “No, including schools. We’ve noticed that although the kids vandalise our older vehicles, they seem to appreciate a new coach, and we rarely get any damage.” It seemed pretty forward-thinking at the time, so to be here again at the smart yard boarding £240,000-worth of 80-seat Irizar i4 Integral aimed specifically at schools should not have been a surprise to me. Although the vehicles will be put to many other uses, especially for shor
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