The Wright Fusion was a
low floor
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tri-axle articulated single-decker bus body built on the
Volvo B10LA chassis by
Wrightbus from 1998 until 1999. It was the articulated version of the
Wright Liberator.
All 40 were purchased by the
FirstGroup
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,
Leeds
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and
Manchester
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subsidiaries. In October 2001, four were sent from Glasgow to
First London's
Greenford garage to operate a six month trial on
route 207.
Later Wrightbus models also used the Fusion name, but in conjunction with the name of the equivalent
full-size rigid single-decker. These were the
Solar Fusion on the
Scania L94UA chassis, and the
Eclipse Fusion on the
Volvo B7LA.
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Articulated buses
Low-floor buses
Vehicles introduced in 1998
Fusion
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