The Wright Endurance was a step-entrance

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body on

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, Scania N113 and on

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chassis by Wrightbus between 1993 and 1997. The Endurance was built on 26 Scania N113 chassis for Midland Bluebird. Of the 292 Endurance bodies completed on Volvo B10B chassis, MTL North purchased 120, West Midlands Travel 67 and GM Buses North 55.The Model Page ''

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'' October 2017 page 62 The Endurance was superseded by the Liberator on the

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chassis.

Related designs

Endurance-style bodywork was also built on Mercedes-Benz chassis, in which forms it was given different names.

UrbanRanger

The UrbanRanger was more similar to the Endurance, being of almost identical appearance. Only sixteen were built, the first, a demonstrator for Mercedes-Benz, being registered in July 1994. It was later sold to Midland Choice of

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, who also purchased three others new. The final four examples were not sold until 1998, when they went to Chambers of

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in Northern Ireland.

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purchased an UrbanRanger-bodied Mercedes-Benz OH1416 for use as a mobile command unit, and the

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purchased one for troop transportation.

CityRanger

The CityRanger was based on the

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chassis, and though structurally similar to the Endurance, it differed visually by having Mercedes' own front end design, as well as shallower side windows. Only 22 were built, 20 of which were for

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and Midland Bluebird subsidiaries in Scotland. The Grampian batch of fourteen, which featured bonded glazing, were later transferred to First Manchester. The O405 chassis was later offered with Optare Prisma bodywork (which carried the same Mercedes-design front end as the CityRanger, but differed in the side and rear aspects), and these were somewhat more numerous than the Wright product.

Preservation

One Volvo B10B has been preserved by the North West Vehicle Restoration Trust,

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.Merseybus 6592 (N592CKA)
North West Vehicle Restoration Trust

References

External links

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