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Plaxton Plaxton is an English builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough. Founded in 1907 by Frederick William Plaxton, it became a subsidiary of Alexander Dennis in May 2007. In 2019, the maker was acquired by Canadian bus manu ...

Profile is a coach built by Plaxton for the

Volvo B7R The Volvo B7R is a coach chassis available with a range of bodies. It is promoted as a rear engined lightweight coach chassis. It is primarily intended for tourist and long-distance duties. B7R is also manufactured in China, Brazil, Hungary, India ...

and Dennis Javelin chassis. It is the smallest of Plaxton's full-sized coach range. It began life as the Premiere 320 which was then updated to the Prima when the Premiere was replaced by the

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. The Prima was then modified with the Paragon lower dash panel and rear panel and rechristened the Profile. It was the first Plaxton coach to meet DDA requirements by widening the entrance in order to fit a wheelchair lift. It has seen success with smaller independents, with

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purchasing five Profiles on Volvo B7R chassis for their school transport services in 2003, but a large batch has gone to Stagecoach primarily for their Bluebird routes. Some have also gone to

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. The Profile was not modified to meet the European Commission Whole Vehicle Type Approval, it ceased production in 2012. Its replacement, the Plaxton Leopard, was launched in 2013.

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Profile Profile or profiles may refer to: Art, entertainment and media Music * ''Profile'' (Jan Akkerman album), 1973 * ''Profile'' (Githead album), 2005 * ''Profile'' (Pat Donohue album), 2005 * ''Profile'' (Duke Pearson album), 1959 * '' ''Profi ...

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