Wright Commander Explained

Wright Commander
Manufacturer:	Wrightbus
Production:	2002 - 2007
Assembly:	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Floortype:	Low floor Low entry
Doors:	1 or 2
Length:	12.0 metres
Height:	3.0 metres
Width:	2.5 metres
Chassis:	DAF/VDL SB200
Engine:	Cummins ISBe
Transmission:	Voith
Successor:	Wright Pulsar
Related:	Wright Cadet

The Wright Commander was a low-floor single-decker bus body built on the DAF/VDL SB200 chassis by Wrightbus between 2002 and 2007.^[1]

History

Visually and structurally, it is a larger version of the Wright Cadet. Along with the Cadet, it perpetuated the 'Classic' styling for several years after the Scania (Axcess-Floline) and Volvo (Renown) based equivalents had been phased out. Of the 315 produced, 288 were purchased by Arriva, the first 14 delivered to Arriva Midlands North for services in Telford. 188 of these Arriva Commanders were exported to the Netherlands in left-hand drive configuration for use by the group's Netherlands subsidiary.^[2] ^[3]

The Commander was superseded by the Pulsar.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Commander . Wrightbus . 5 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20031211124457/http://www.wrightbus.com:80/bus_produc_max.htm . 11 December 2003.
Three Firsts for Wrightbus as Commander is handed over . Wrightbus . 1 February 2002 . 5 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061109121614/http://www.wrightbus.com/newspopup.asp?item_id=53 . 9 November 2006.
Commanders add capacity in Telford on Arriva route . 28 November 2002 . . 553 . Peterborough . Emap . 2 August 2024 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021224225821/http://www.cbwnet.co.uk:80/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=bn&article_id=5014 . 24 December 2002.