| MCV Evolution | |
| Manufacturer: | MCV |
| Assembly: | Egypt |
| Production: | 2003–2018 |
| Capacity: | 27 to 41 seated |
| Length: | 8.5m to 12.1m |
| Width: | 2.5m |
| Height: | 3.0m |
| Floortype: | Low floor Low entry |
| Doors: | 1 or 2 |
| Chassis: | Alexander Dennis Dart SLF Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MAN A22 MAN A66 (14.220/14.240) MAN A76 (12.220/12.240) Mercedes-Benz OC500LE VDL SB180 VDL SB200 (one only) Volvo B7RLE Volvo B8RLE |
| Predecessor: | MCV Stirling |
| Successor: | MCV Evora |
The MCV Evolution (stylised as eVolution; internal designation: MCV C102) is a low floor and low entry single-decker bus body built by Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles. It was unveiled in 2003 as the successor to the MCV Stirling. The MCV Evolution 2 (internal designation: MCV C124RLE) was launched, initially on Mercedes-Benz chassis in 2011.
The MCV Evolution is based on the Stirling that it has a rounded roof dome (no longer peaked) and a separately mounted destination display with either a double-curvature windscreen or a single-curvature windscreen and it is offered on the MAN 12.220 (A76), 12.240 (A76), 14.220 (A66) and 14.240 (A66) however there were plans to body on an even shorter MAN chassis, the 10.220, which can be built as short as 8.5m long. From late 2005 it was offered on the Alexander Dennis Dart SLF chassis. In October 2009, MCV and dealer Arriva Bus & Coach unveiled a MCV Evolution VDL SB180 at Coach and Bus Live 2009.
The MCV Evolution was also offered on larger full-size single-decker bus chassis, such as the Volvo B7RLE, Volvo B8RLE, MAN A22 and Mercedes-Benz OC500LE; this was replaced by the long-wheelbase MCV Evora in 2018, although the Evolution 2 remains in production on shorter, more lightweight chassis.[1] [2] [3] One Evolution body was built on VDL SB200 chassis in 2012 as a static demonstrator for Arriva Bus & Coach, being sold two years later to Richards Brothers in Wales.[4] [5]
The original Evolution body is internally designated by MCV as the C102 on Alexander Dennis, MAN, VDL, and Volvo chassis and as the C120LE on Mercedes-Benz chassis, while the Evolution 2 body is internally designated as the C124RLE on Mercedes-Benz and Volvo chassis and as the C130RLE on MAN chassis.
Transport for London contractors Docklands Buses and Metroline both purchased examples, while Tranzit Group of New Zealand purchased 58.[6] [7] [8] Go Bus of New Zealand currently operates 43 of the type, 31 being the 15.250 MAN chassis and the remaining 12 being 14.240 MAN chassis.
The Evolution has a handful of operators in the Philippines, with the main operators of Evolutions being the UBE Express Airport Bus and Bonifacio Global City operator BGC Bus. Delta Neo Solutions (DNS) also operates a handful of units for the Okada Manila Hotel, and briefly for the P2P Express Bus Service.[9]