The Wright Contour was a coach body built by

Wrightbus Wrightbus is a Northern Ireland based bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus. The company was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and was later run by his son William Wright, until it was acquired in 2019 by British businessman ...

from 1982 until 1987. The first entered service with Whittles in 1983. Most were fitted to

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, but others were seven Leyland TigersWright's rolling imperial
''Commercial Motor'' 30 May 1987 for

Ulsterbus Ulsterbus is a public transport operator in Northern Ireland and operates bus services outside Belfast. It is part of Translink, the brand name for the subsidiary operating companies of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, which also ...

, one Ford R1115 and one ACE Puma IV midicoach. In 1987, a high-floor version marketed as the Contour Imperial was built on a Volvo B10M chassis, however production of the Contour then ceased.Express body for Ulster
''Commercial Motor'' 16 January 1992 During the 1980s Wright was not yet a major player in the UK bus market, and most of its sales were to the welfare sector. The Contour was an attempt to break into the coach market, but only 37 Contours were built over 5 years, prompting Wright to withdraw from the coach market.

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