Busworld Photography: Stevensons Wright Bodied Mercedes 0405 in Birmingham

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Thursday, 1 August 2019

Stevensons Wright Bodied Mercedes 0405 in Birmingham

Mercedes-Benz in the Nineties looked as though it might soon be making heavy inroads into the UK bus market but it didn't really happen. Minibuses and Wright bodies on the reliable O405's were quite popular like this Stevenson's example but the Citaro which followed gave off mixed messages especially fires and bad publicity from the London bendibuses. Since then they have been sold all over the world so they must have sorted out all the problems but I guess the Brits prefer to stick with their Alexander-Dennis Enviros and Wright bodied VDL's.