Dennis (Coachbuilders)
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Dennis is a major British coachbuilder and manufacturer of specialised commecial vehicles. Founded in 1895, the company is best known for the manufacturer of fire engines, although its other major product lines are buses, dustcarts and airport service vehicles.
Today the company is no longer a single integrated whole, but is now three independent businesses, namely:
Dennis Fire - manufacturer of fire appliances.
Dennis Bus - manufacturer of buses and other public transport vehicles
Dennis-Eagle (separated from other business in July 1999) - manufacturer of municipal vehicles (garbage trucks). This company also incorporates the remains of the Eagle Engineering and Shelvoke and Drewry concerns.
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Products
Buses
By 1967
- Dart (bonneted)
- Lance(front-engined)
- Ace
- Falcon (front-engined)
- Loline
1977-2000
- Dominator
- Jubilant
- Dart (front-engined)
- Falcon
- Lancet
- Dragon/Condor
- Dorchester
- Domino
- Chassis of Duple 425 coach
- Javelin
- Dart/Dart SLF
- Lance/Arrow
- Lance SLF
- Trident 2
- Trident 3
See also
- Alexander Dennis - now "owns" Dennis Bus and Dennis Fire