The Plaxton Cheetah is a

minibus A minibus, microbus, minicoach, or commuter (in Zimbabwe) is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the ...

midibus A midibus is a classification of single-decker minibuses which are generally larger than a traditional minibus but smaller than a full-size single decker and can be anywhere between and long. While used in many parts of the world, the m ...

body manufactured by

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 manuf ...

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. Between 1997 and 2014 it was mounted on

Mercedes-Benz Vario The Mercedes-Benz Vario (model designation BM667/668/670) is a full-size commercial heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz between 1996 and 2013. History The Vario was launched in 1996 as a facelifted version of the Mercedes-Benz T2. The bod ...

chassis. In April 2015, the Cheetah XL was launched on the

Mercedes-Benz Atego The Mercedes-Benz Atego is a range of general-purpose rigid trucks introduced by Daimler Truck in 1998. A new model was introduced in 2004, followed by a facelift in 2010 and another new model in 2013. The latest version is available in gross veh ...

chassis. Plaxton decided to end Cheetah XL production in 2019 due to poor sales.Plaxton Cheetah XL production ends
''routeone'' 9 October 2019

Gallery

File:Bus img 7309 (16155249658).jpg, Plaxton Cheetah 1 bodied

File:Grey Cars KUB97.jpg, Standard Plaxton Cheetah 1 bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario File:Taunton station - First 56000 (W4TRU) rear.jpg, Standard Plaxton Cheetah 1 bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario rear File:Scaggs Coaches DX09LAA (9127923854).jpg, Plaxton Cheetah 2 bodied Mercedes-Benz Vario File:AE65 BTF (47310427351) (cropped).jpg, Cheetah XL bodied

References

External links

Flick galleryCheetah XL Brochure
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Cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...

Vehicles introduced in 1997 Buses of the United Kingdom Minibuses Midibuses