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{{Short description|British single-deck midibus chassis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{confused|AEC Swift}}
{{Infobox automobile
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|name = Leyland Swift
|image = Leyland Swift.jpg
|caption = Tantivy Blue Coach Tours [[Wadham Stringer]] bodied Swift on [[Jersey]] in September 2008
|manufacturer = [[Leyland Bus]]
|production = 1987-1990
|assembly = [[Farington]], [[Lancashire]], England
|length = {{convert|3.6-4.4|m|abbr=on}}
|width = {{convert|2.45|m|abbr=on}}
|height =
|floortype = [[High-floor|Step-entrance]]
|doors = 1
|weight = {{ubl|'''Reeve Burgess Harrier'''|{{convert|5,160|kg}}}}
|engine = [[Cummins B Series engine|Cummins 6BT]]
|capacity = {{ubl|'''Reeve Burgess Harrier'''|37-41 seated, 15 standing}}
|powerout = {{convert|115–130|hp|abbr=on}}
|transmission = Turner T5290 five-speed [[Manual transmission|syncromesh]]<br>[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] AT545 five-speed [[automatic transmission|automatic]]<ref name="CoachmartHarrierBus">{{cite magazine |last=Davey |first=Rod |url=https://archive.org/details/coachmart-issue566/page/17/mode/1up |title=Hound dog Harrier |magazine=[[Coachmart]] |date=7 December 1989 |issue=566 |pages=17-20 |___location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="CoachmartHarrierCoach">{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Mike |url=https://archive.org/details/coachmart-issue649/page/21/mode/1up |title=A Swift return |magazine=Coachmart |date=25 July 1991 |issue=649 |pages=21-24 |___location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref>
|predecessor = [[Leyland Cub]]
|successor = [[Volvo B6]]}}
The '''Leyland Swift''' was a [[midibus]] chassis manufactured by [[Leyland Bus|Leyland]] between 1987 and 1990 as a successor to the [[Leyland Cub]]. It shared many components with the Roadrunner [[light truck]] but with the engine relocated to behind the front axle which was itself set back to permit a passenger entrance in the front overhang. Mechanically a 6-cylinder [[Cummins B Series engine|Cummins B]] turbo-diesel powerplant was standard with the choice of [[Manual transmission|synchromesh]] or [[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[automatic transmission|automatic gearboxes]]. It was available in a choice of short wheelbase ({{convert|3.6|m}} or long wheelbase ({{convert|4.4|m}}).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/25th-april-1987/18/leylands-swift-bus-debut |title=Leyland's Swift bus debut |magazine=[[Commercial Motor]] |volume=165 |issue=4218 |page=18 |date=25 April 1987 |___location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> The first entered service in November 1987 with [[Harrogate]] Independent Travel.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-december-1987/22/leyland-swift-minis-limning-in-yorkshire-with-inde |title=Leyland Swift minis running in Yorkshire with Independent |magazine=Commercial Motor |volume=167 |issue=4250 |page=22 |date=3 December 1987 |___location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>
A number of coachbuilders produced bodies on the Swift with [[Wadham Stringer]] enjoying healthy sales with a very tidy adaptation of its Vanguard II body. The [[Reeve Burgess]] Harrier was also popular,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/8th-june-1989/19/welfare-harriers |title=Welfare Harriers |magazine=Commercial Motor |volume=170 |issue=4322 |page=19 |date=8 June 1989 |___location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> while [[Wrightbus|Wright]] of Northern Ireland produced Consort and [[Wright Handybus|Handybus]] variants,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/14th-july-1988/14/wrights-new-entrant |title=Wright's new entrant |magazine=Commercial Motor |volume=168 |issue=4278 |page=14 |date=14 July 1988 |___location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> and Elme 2001 of Portugal supplied a number to Orion [[Coach (vehicle)|coach]] specification and also to Welfare CareCoach specification with a centrally mounted underfloor wheelchair lift.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/3rd-march-1988/16/portuguese-body-for-leyland-swift |title=Portuguese body for Leyland Swift |magazine=Commercial Motor |volume=168 |issue=4261 |page=16 |date=3 March 1988 |___location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>
The Vanguard II proved particularly popular with operators on the Channel Island of [[Jersey]] owing to its close fit to the maxiumum vehicle size regulations, seating up to 43 and allowing the replacement of elderly [[Bedford Vehicles|Bedford]] SB coaches. Otherwise, the Swift was only a moderate success in an uncertain UK marketplace and was disadvantaged by the relatively high floor necessary to clear the mid-mounted powertrain. After [[Leyland Bus]] was purchased by [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]], the Swift was phased out and in some respects replaced by the rear-engined [[Volvo B6|B6]] model. A Swift "clone" has since been manufactured in small numbers by [[Cannon Coaches]].▼
Welfare and Bus versions were also constructed by [[First Potteries|Potteries Motor Traction]] to the Knype outline, mainly for their own use, although a demonstrator was built.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/17th-november-1988/17/11t-returns |title=PMT returns to big Swifts |magazine=Commercial Motor |volume=170 |issue=4295 |date=17 November 1988 |___location=Sutton |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref> Several Swifts were built as mobile libraries. Sales declined markedly once production of the lower-floor [[Dennis Dart]] was in full swing.
[[Category:Buses]]▼
[[Category:Leyland vehicles|Swift]]▼
▲The Elme Orion and Vanguard II proved particularly popular with operators on the Channel Island of [[Jersey]] and Elme on [[Guernsey]] owing to its close fit to the
After [[Leyland Bus]] was purchased by [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]], the Swift was phased out and in some respects replaced by the [[rear-engine design|rear-engined]] [[Volvo B6]].
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Step-entrance buses]]
[[Category:Vehicles introduced in 1987]]
[[Category:Bus chassis]]
[[Category:Vehicles discontinued in 1990]]
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