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Dennis Specialist Vehicles is a major British coachbuilder and manufacturer of specialised commercial vehicles based in Guildford . Founded in 1895, the company is best known as the manufacturer of Fire Engine s, although its other major product lines are Bus es, Dustcart s and airport service vehicles.

Originally known as Dennis Brothers Ltd, it was acquired by Hestair Group in 1972 after a few years of financial difficulties. It was sold to Trinity Holdings (formed from a Management Buyout from Hestair Group) in 1989 and then to Mayflower Corporation in October 1998.

As of 1990s, the company was no longer a single integrated whole, but was three independent businesses, namely:
  • Dennis Fire - manufacturer of fire appliances.

  • Dennis Bus - manufacturer of buses and other public transport vehicles

  • Dennis-Eagle - manufacturer of municipal vehicles (garbage trucks). This company also incorporated the remains of the Eagle Engineering and Shelvoke And Drewry concerns.


Mayflower Corporation sold Dennis-Eagle in July 1999. Dennis Bus and Dennis Fire were incorporated into Transbus International (now Alexander Dennis ) in 2001.


PRODUCTS


Buses


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1926-1967

  • E/EV (front-engined single decker)

  • F/FS (bonneted single decker)

  • G/GL (bonneted small capacity bus)

  • H/HS/HV (front-engined double decker)

  • Dart (bonneted small capacity bus)

  • Arrow (front-engined single decker)

  • Lancet/Lancet 2/Lancet 3/Lancet 4 (front-engined single decker)

  • Lance/Lance 2/Lance 3 (front-engined double decker)

  • Ace (front-engined small capacity bus)

  • Mace (front-engined small capacity bus)

  • Falcon (front-engined small capacity bus)

  • Pike

  • Dominant (underfloor-engined single decker)

  • Lancet UF (underfloor-engined single decker)

  • Pelican (underfloor-engined light-weight single decker)

  • Loline



1977-2000



Fire engines

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  • N-Type

  • G-Type

  • R series

  • RS series

  • SS series

  • Sabre

  • Rapier

  • Dagger

  • DFS237R4B Mobile Casualty Treatment Centre



Trucks

  • Pax

  • Jubilant

  • Delta



Other vehicles



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RIVALS


Buses



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