Single-deck midibus body built on Dennis and Volvo chassis
Motor vehicle
Plaxton Pointer
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Milcombe in August 2015
Overview
Manufacturer
Reeve Burgess Plaxton TransBus Alexander Dennis
Production
1991–2006
Assembly
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Designer
Pointer 1
Capoco Design
Pointer 2
Ogle Design
Body and chassis
Doors
1 or 2
Floor type
Step entrance/Low-floor (SLF)
Chassis
Pointer (Step entrance): Dennis Dart Volvo B6 Pointer (Low floor): Dennis Dart SLF Volvo B6LE Pointer 2 (Low floor): Dennis Dart SLF Blue Bird LFCC9
Powertrain
Engine
Cummins B Series (Dennis Dart) Cummins B Series/ISBe (Dennis Dart SLF) Volvo TD63 (Volvo B6) Volvo TD63/D6A (Volvo B6LE)
Capacity
44-62 (29-41 seated)
Dimensions
Length
8.5–11.3 metres (28–37 ft)
Width
2.3–2.4 metres (7 ft 7 in – 7 ft 10 in)[1]
Chronology
Successor
Alexander Dennis Enviro200
The Plaxton Pointer (originally known as the Reeve Burgess Pointer, and later as the TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer) is a single-deck midibus body that was manufactured between 1991 and 2006, predominantly on the Dennis Dart chassis, by Reeve Burgess, Plaxton and latterly Alexander Dennis.
^"POINTER - Low-floor midibus specification". Guildford: Alexander Dennis Limited. November 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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