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Motor Coaches and Charabancs

Motor Coaches and Charabancs

by James Taylor
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/06/2020
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A history of motor coach design from the early days of open-top charabancs, to modern WiFi and built-in toilets.

The coach--distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips--has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with WiFi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colorful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation's most popular vehicles.

ISBN:
9781784424121
9781784424121
Category:
Motor cars: general interest
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-06-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
210.31x150.62x3.05mm
Weight:
0.01kg
James Taylor

James Taylor has been writing professionally about road transport since the late 1970s, and his interests embrace a wide range of older cars of all makes and nationalities, as well as classic buses, lorries and military vehicles.

His primary interest is in models that have carried Rover or Land Rover badges. James has written around 130 books, and among them have been definitive one-make or one-model motoring titles, including a number for Crowood.

He spent ten years as the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine and is well know for his Roverphile column in LRO that delves into forgotten corners of Land Rover history.

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