Amongst the many Plaxtons on display the brand new and much admired Cheetah 2 took pride of place on Plaxton's stand. The coach is based on Mercedes' O816 chassis.
Joining Plaxton's new Cheetah 2 demonstrator was this Starline Cheetah - one of the last old style models in a stunning chrome yellow livery.
 
From a different minicoach era was this Bedford CFL350 with Plaxton Mini Supreme 17 seat coachwork dating from 1979. The coach was new to Cresswell of Church Griesley in Derbyshire. Two years later it moved on to Pearces in Oxford and then spent eight years in the west country. It passed to Stephen Golynia of Lond Melford in 2003 and this year was preserved by Richard Payne in Essex.
 
Built ten years earlier was this Plaxton Embassy bodied Bedford J2. The J2 was a small truck chassis whereas the CFL was van based.
 
 
The Plaxton Primo was developed as a low floor successor to the Mercedes/Plaxton Beaver minibus. This model seats 28 and was, as the destination shows, used on the Site Shuttle at Showbus 2007. It is seen loading next to the Plaxton Cheetah display.