The Scania Metropolitan was a double-decker bus built jointly by MCW and Scania between 1973 and 1978. It was the first double-decker of that partnership and the second bus after the single-decker Metro-Scania of 1969, which was the first Scania bus built for the British market. It was based on the Scania BR111DH chassis with an MCW body claimed to have 70 percent British content, and its asymmetric windscreen, deeper on the nearside, was carried over to the MCW Metrobus. Operators praised the performance of its turbocharged Scania engine and its smooth, quiet air-suspended ride, but fuel consumption was high after the 1973 oil crisis, and severe body corrosion and mechanical problems gave it a short life. London Transport took 164 between 1975 and 1977.
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