What is Optare Esteem?
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox UK Bus |name = East Lancs / Darwen / Optare Esteem |image = PO58 KPV (Route 40) at Churchill Square, Brighton (14973447368).jpg |imagesize = |caption = The Sussex Bus East Lancs Esteem bodied [[Volvo B7RLE]] in [[Brighton]] in September 2014 |interiorimage = |interiorcaption = |manufacturer = [[East Lancashire Coachbuilders]]<br>[[Optare]] |production = 2006 - 2009 |assembly = [[Blackburn]] |capacity = 33 - 43 seated |length = 10.7 to 12.2 metres |width = 2.52 metres |height = 2.90 metres |floortype = [[Low-floor bus|Low floor]] |doors = 1 or 2 |weight = |chassis = [[Scania 4-series (bus)|Scania N94UB]]<br>[[Scania N-series|Scania N230UB]]<br>[[Volvo B7RLE]]<br>[[MAN Truck & Bus|MAN]] 12.240<br>[[Dennis Dart|Alexander Dennis Dart SLF]]<br>[[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]]<br>[[Alexander Dennis Enviro300]] |related = [[Optare Olympus]]<br>[[Optare Visionaire]] |engine = |powerout = |transmission = |predecessor = [[East Lancs Myllennium]] |successor = }} The '''Optare Esteem''' is a [[single-decker bus|single-decker]] [[coachwork|body]] of a [[bus]], It had a [[low-floor bus|low-floor]], It was built from 2006 to 2009 by [[East Lancashire Coachbuilders]] and then [[Darwen East Lancs]] and then [[Optare]]. The body could be built on the [[Scania N94UB]] chassis ([[:File:Thames Travel 106.JPG|photo]]), [[Scania N230UB]] chassis, [[Volvo B7RLE]] chassis, [[MAN 12.240]] chassis, [[Alexander Dennis Dart SLF]] chassis ([[:File:Soe11 (15302349171).jpg|photo]]), [[Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Dart]] chassis<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beddall |first1=David |title=London's Enviro200 Buses |date=2023 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-3981-0643-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18ulEAAAQBAJ&dq=lx09+ayf&pg=PA1968 |accessdate=9 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Alexander Dennis En