Scania N112

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The Scania N112 is a transverse-engined route bus used mainly in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.

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In 1978, MCW and Scania division of Saab-Scania went their own ways, after an unsuccessful attempt with the Metropolitan, with MCW launching their own Metrobus in 1977.

Scania launched their own double-deck chassis BR112DH in 1980 for the UK market. It was powered by the 11-litre DN11 engine (later DS11 turbocharged engine was used) and coupled to a Voith automatic gearbox. A couple of prototypes were built with East Lancs bodywork in 1980/1, with the first production models going to Newport Transport in 1981 with Marshall double decker bodywork. It was also built with Alexander's new RH-Type (also launched in 1981) and Northern Counties bodywork.

One BR112DH (with East Lancs bodywork) was exported to Singapore and joined the fleet of Singapore Bus Services (now known as SBS Transit).

In 1983, there was a single-deck version built with Wadham Stringer Vanguard bodywork also for Newport Transport.

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However the BR112DH didn't sell very much in the end, and in 1984 it was replaced by the N112DH, but only one batch of these were built for Newport with Alexander RH-Type double-deck bodywork.

In 1986 the more successful N112DRB was launched and was built as a double decker with Alexander, East Lancs and Northern Counties bodywork, in 1987/8 sales started to go up since de-regulation, as the former National Bus Companies (who were also being privatised at the time) were buying other products other than the Leyland Olympian (which still sold well though).

There was also a single-deck version - designated N112CRB - which sold in small numbers and was built with either East Lancs or the stylish Alexander PS-type (launched in 1988 for Singapore, but later replaced the boxy P-Type launched in 1983) body.