Fresh-faced MCV targets 10 per cent

A question: What’s your perception of MCV. A fringe player in the bus business based in a quiet corner of Cambridgeshire? A company carrying out refurbishment work because it doesn’t sell enough new buses to keep busy? A bit old-fashioned, perhaps?

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