Autobus Classique is a bus and coach body builder which has been an Optare

Optare

Optare plc is a bus manufacturer and importer based in Leeds and Blackburn, UK. The company operates from three main business units, Bus Manufacturing, Coach Sales and Unitec....

 subsidiary since 1996. The Autobus products have been discontinued and the Rotherham

Rotherham

Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...

 plant changed to build the smaller versions of the Solo

Optare Solo

The Optare Solo is a low-floor midibus manufactured by Optare in Leeds, UK since 1997. The name "Solo" is a play on the low-floor status of the bus, the manufacturer believing its vehicle having an entrance that is "so low" from the floor, namely 200 mm with kneeling suspension.The innovative...

 as well as the Alero

Optare Alero

The Optare Alero was a low-floor integral minibus built by Optare between 2001 and 2008. It was built as an alternative to van-derived buses such as the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter.Around 300 were built in the first five years of production...

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The Rotherham plant was intended to be closed by the end of 2008, but because of delays in acquiring premises in Lancashire the plant closed for one month in December 2008 and reopened briefly in 2009.

Products

• Nouvelle
• Nouvelle 2 - coach body produced for the Mercedes-Benz Vario
  Mercedes-Benz Vario
  The Mercedes-Benz Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. Originally launched as the T2 in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when it was facelifted in 1996. The T2 van itself succeeded the Mercedes-Benz L van series.The bodyshell remained relatively unchanged since production...
  
  
• Vario 24 - coach design based on Mercedes-Benz 814D Vario
  Mercedes-Benz Vario
  The Mercedes-Benz Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. Originally launched as the T2 in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when it was facelifted in 1996. The T2 van itself succeeded the Mercedes-Benz L van series.The bodyshell remained relatively unchanged since production...
  
  
• Sprinter 16 - coach design based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
  Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
  The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is a light and heavy commercial vehicle, built by Daimler AG of Stuttgart, Germany as a van, chassis cab and minibus, and sold as a Mercedes model, except in the U.S. where it is built from complete knock down kits and was sold by Freightliner until 2010 when Mercedes...