UVG Urbanstar

UVG Urbanstar / Caetano Compass
First Hampshire & Dorset Dennis Dart with UVG Urbanstar bodywork in Southampton in September 2008
Overview
ManufacturerUniversal Vehicles Group
Salvador Caetano
Production1995–1999
AssemblyWaterlooville
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeStep-entrance
Low-entry
ChassisDennis Dart
Dennis Dart SLF
Powertrain
Capacity27-35 seated
Dimensions
LengthStep-entrance: 8.5m, 9m, 9.8m
Low-floor: 10.1m, 10.7m
Width2.4m
Height3.0m
Chronology
SuccessorCaetano Nimbus

The UVG Urbanstar was a body of a midibus. It had a step-entrance or a low-floor. It was made from 1995 to 1999 by the Universal Vehicles Group in Waterlooville, England.

The Urbanstar body was built on the Dennis Dart step-entrance chassis and the Dennis Dart SLF chassis.[1][2]

In 1998, Salvador Caetano brought the bus body and called it the Caetano Compass.[2]

In 1999, It was replaced by the Caetano Nimbus.

References

  1. Webb, Mary; Clarke, Jackie (2007). Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2007-2008 (26 ed.). Coulsdon: Janes Information Group. ISBN 9780710628169.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Moth, David (15 February 2025). Buses in Essex in the 21st Century. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1985-7.

Other websites

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