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原文传递 REVIEWS

题名：	REVIEWS
正文语种：	eng
作者：	ALAN MILLAR
摘要：	AEC may have called itself "the maker of London's buses" for five decades, but even in the 1930s when London Transport was fresh and young, its relationship with the Southall-based manufacturer was as much about contractual obligation as unconditional product satisfaction. Had it not guaranteed to buy 90% of its motorbuses from AEC from 1933, it might well have bought many more of them from Leyland Motors, as it did when purchasing trolleybuses. That is a strong impression that comes from reading this latest volume in Ken Blacker's acclaimed series of Capital Transport profiles of London bus types. Of the five small but significant 1930s classes it describes - 365 vehicles of types C, CR, LTC and TF - only the 24 LTC-class Renown coaches were built by AEC. Leyland was its partner of choice when buying buses tailored for specific needs, when it was pursuing new design ideas and when it wanted to challenge Southall to improve.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Buses
卷：	74
期：	813
页码：	106-108