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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Darwen, East Lancs, Darwen Esteem, Darwen Group, Darwen LPD, Darwen Olympus, Darwen OmniDekka, Darwen Visionaire, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, East Lancs 1984-style double-deck body, East Lancs Cityzen, East Lancs EL2000, East Lancs Esteem, East Lancs European, East Lancs E Type, East Lancs Flyte, East Lancs Greenway, East Lancs Kinetec, East Lancs Lolyne, East Lancs Lowlander, East Lancs MaxCi, East Lancs Myllennium, East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne, East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander, East Lancs Myllennium Vyking, East Lancs Nordic, East Lancs Olympus, East Lancs OmniDekka, East Lancs OmniTown, East Lancs Opus 2, East Lancs Pyoneer, East Lancs Spryte, East Lancs Visionaire, East Lancs Vyking, Darwen Group, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, MCW Metrobus, Metro Cammell Weymann, Optare Alero, Optare CityPacer, Optare ColumboRider, Optare Delta, Optare Esteem, Optare Excel, Optare MetroRider, Optare Olympus, Optare OmniDekka, Optare Prisma, Optare Rapta, Optare Sigma, Optare Solera, Optare Solo, Optare Spectra, Optare StarRider, Optare Tempo, Optare Vecta, Optare Versa. Excerpt: British City Bus was the parent company of the English bus manufacturer, East Lancashire Coachbuilders, which was based in Blackburn. After going into administration in August 2007, the company was bought by the Darwen Group. The Optare Esteem (introduced in 2006 as the East Lancs Esteem, and sold as the Darwen Esteem between 2007 and 2008) is a single-deck bus body. It has been built on Scania N94UB, Scania N230UB, Volvo B7RLE, MAN 12.240, Dennis Dart SLF, Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart and Alexander Dennis Enviro300 chassis. The Esteem was launched by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. When they went into administration, they were bought by Darwen Group and the Esteem was rebranded. Darwen later performed a reverse takeover of Optare, resulting in the Esteem being rebranded again. Metrobus have the largest...
