Optare Vecta

The Optare Vecta was a step-entrance single-deck bus body that Optare built between 1991 and 1997 on the MAN 11.190 chassis. It was launched in 1991 to fill the gap between the full-size Delta body on the DAF SB220 chassis and the integral MetroRider minibus, and it was the first time that MAN chassis had been bodied as a bus for the United Kingdom market. The body used an Alusuisse bolted aluminium frame and design elements from the Delta. Small wheels gave a low entrance step of 295 millimetres. Most customers were small independent operators across the United Kingdom, such as Hutchisons of Overtown, which bought seven new, and West Coast Motors, which took one in 1992.