SgWiki:Definition of bus variant (Poll/Discussion)

Dear editors,

Regarding to the previous debate on renaming, please give your opinion on what constitute as a variant below.

Your Opinion Below

Opinion 1

I may not be able to convey my thoughts in a better way, but I will do my best to pen down my opinion here.

In my perspective, a variant is a bus that has many distinct characteristics from another bus under the same bus model. This applies to a demonstrator as well.

Voicing out my second debate.

In the previous renaming debate, I have provided reasons on why the Scania K230UB batches should still be exceptionally classified by Euro emissions. However, I also stated my objections on the ND323F A95/NL323F A22 renaming solely and mainly because of the specifications of SG2017C. Other users have also pointed out the concern about SG2017C's classification as well.

With reference to admin Supernutorcrazy's puzzlement with the example of the A22, I would have agreed that A22 batches can be classified by Euro emissions as there is no A22 with MAN Lion City Hybrid bodywork having Euro VI emissions.

If admin Supernutorcrazy has in mind that standardisation needs to take place, I will also like to provide my school of thought with reference to admin SMB315C's opinion during the 1st round of discussion.

"We will discuss and reconsider about this matter when the registration of the 50 3-Door Euro 6 A95s commence."

This leaves us thinking about how SG5999Z should be reclassified as it is registered alone with Euro V emissions. Same applies to SG2017C. As of now, I would find it very hard to get a good standardisation of the A95s. Where do I start? I will try to put a draft classification here even though I doubt many people would agree with it. On a side note, I think there is no choice but to classify SG2017C as a demonstrator if standardisation must take place, since it is the first Euro VI public bus.

MAN ND323F (Demonstrators) -- SMB5888H, SG5999Z, SG2017C

MAN ND323F (Euro V Batch 1) -- SMB5889E - SMB5904U

MAN ND323F (Euro V Batch 2) -- SG5740C - SG5799J

MAN ND323F (Euro V Batch 3) -- SG5800M - SG5920A

MAN ND323F (Euro VI Batch 1) -- SG5921Y - SG6171M

MAN ND323F (Euro VI Batch 2) -- SG6172K onwards

MAN ND323F (3-door) -- Production batch for 3-door A95s, assuming everyone knows that all of them are Euro VI and gets used to the classification.

This is just what I think in a scenario where standardisation of fleet classification has to take place, in which however, I don't think standardisation across all model pages is possible and each model has a different scenario in specifications and batch registrations. I hope this opinion can help convey what I mean.