Daimler Roadliner

The Daimler Roadliner was a single-decker bus and coach chassis built by Daimler between 1962 and 1972. Notoriously unreliable, it topped a 1993 Classic Bus readers' poll as the worst bus type ever, yet it was very technologically advanced, offering step-free access some 20 years before other buses. It was the third and last Daimler bus chassis to carry a model name. Work began in mid-1962 after the Fleetline's success pleased Daimler's new owner Jaguar Cars, first on two 36 ft prototypes with a turbocharged Daimler CD6 engine, then on a production chassis with a vertical longitudinal rear mounted 9.6 litre Cummins V6 developing 192 bhp, a Daimatic four speed semiautomatic gearbox and all round air suspension.