In article , Martin Bienwald wrote:
Well, to the general public an RT looks not very different from an
RM, and I guess in 1979 it didn't look as out-of-date as an RM
looks in 2004 anyway. So it was probably seen as the demise of
just another batch of old buses by most people, even those
interested in buses.

IMO the upright radiator grille and headlamp on stalk of the RT made
it look old fashioned long before 1979. The last car to have these
was the Ford Popular which ceased production in 1959 and was a
hangover even then.


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Tony Bryer