Category:Neoplan Jumbocruiser (No. 10)

English: Neoplan Jumbocruiser (see parent category) No.10 (reg. C209 EUW) was built in 1986 as the last of the batch of ten 'puller' designs. It had a Mercedes V12 OM404 engine and Allison automatic gearbox. Fitted with 90 seats, it was delivered to TRD Travel Fischer GmbH & Co. KG of Dortmund, Germany. Named 'Lotti', it was their third Jumbocruiser. TRD used them on tours to Spain and Croatia and day trips to Paris. TRD operated it in a white, orange and blue livery with TRD Reisen fleetnames (pictured here in Rome in 1999). On 9 Sep 2001, it was purchased by Atlantic Coast PLC (whose sleeper coach and nightliner business was later spun out as Jumbocruiser Ltd of Newport, South Wales), who intended to convert it to a luxury sleeper bus to sleep 12/14 and carry 20. It replaced a rigid double-deck 1985 built Neoplan Skyliner in their fleet, originally used on London to Scotland public transport routes. Having been moved to the UK, it underwent various conversion and overhaul work, including modernising the front and rear ends. Due to UK regulations that would need further modifications and restrict it to a lower capacity, it was decided to operate it as a German registered vehicle, in partnership between Atlantic Coast and Coachservice of Dortmund. During 2002 it returned to Germany where Coachservice undertook further conversion and overhaul work, extending to at least December 2003. At some point it was instead fitted out inside as a mobile bar, with leather chairs, sofas and plasma TVs, and registered with the UK plate C209 EUW. It saw service in this guise with the Diageo drinks group, in sivler/balck/red and branded as the Bar College bus promoting Johnny Walker whisky, appearing in places such as Greece. By 2012 it was in use by Smart Moving Media (www.smartmovingmedia.com) as The Hunt For Fast Road Show, promoting the Adizero F50 micoach football boot around Europe