The Caetano Alpha was a design of coach bodywork built by Salvador Caetano

Salvador Caetano

Grupo Salvador Caetano, SGPS, SA is a Portuguese holding based in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal that controls some enterprises on vehicle assembly, components and distribution business....

 of Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 between 1975 and 1983 (with facelifts in 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1981, known as Alpha 77, 79, 80 and 81, respectively. In the UK appeared in 1978). The coach was initially imported into the UK by Moseley of Loughborough and was badged as "Moseley Continental".

In Portugal, this was a widely popular coach, being a very representative model on Rodoviária Nacional

Rodoviária Nacional

Rodoviária Nacional was the state-owned bus network in Portugal, resulting from the nationalization, in 1975, of the largest bus operators in the country, basically the criteria used for nationalization was the fleet size : more than 60 vehicles.-Operations:...

 fleet, becoming a symbol of their express services in the whole decade of the 80's, as well as on most private touring agencies.

A minibus version was known as Alphete.

Portugal

• Magirus
  Magirus
  Iveco Magirus AG is a truck manufacturer based in Ulm, Germany, founded by Conrad Dietrich Magirus . The company began manufacturing fire-fighting vehicles in 1864. In the late 1910s, it started the production of trucks and buses...
  
  -Deutz
  Deutz AG
  Deutz AG is an engine manufacturer, based in Cologne, Germany.-History:The company was founded by Nikolaus Otto, inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine, in 1864 as N. A...
  
   (the most used)
• Iveco
  Iveco
  Iveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicle Corporation, originally an alliance of European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat , Unic and Magirus. Iveco is now an Italian truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin...
  
   (specially after the takeover on Magirus, commonly badged as Iveco-Magirus)
• Scania
• Volvo B58
  Volvo B58
  The Volvo B58 is a mid-engined bus chassis built by Volvo of Sweden from 1966 until early 1982. It was the forerunner to the highly successful B10M....
  
  
• Volvo B10M
  Volvo B10M
  The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001. It was built as the successor of the B58 and was equipped with a 9.6-litre horizontally-mounted Volvo THD100/THD101/THD102/THD103/THD104/DH10A diesel engine mounted under the floor, near the middle...
  
  
• Pegaso
  Pegaso
  Pegaso was a Spanish make of trucks, omnibuses, tractors, armored vehicles, and, for a while, sports cars. The parent company, Enasa, was created in 1946 and based in the old Hispano-Suiza factory, under the direction of the renowned automotive engineer Wifredo Ricart...
  
  

Competitors

In Portugal:

• Alfredo Caetano Bravo
• Alfredo Caetano Musa
• Camo Bellu GT
• Camo Flecha
• Camo Rally GT
• Irmãos Mota ATOMIC MkI
• Irmãos Mota ATOMIC MkII
• Irmãos Mota ATOMIC MkIII
• Irmãos Mota ATOMIC MkIV
• UTIC U2075
• UTIC Abril (U2077) (also known as Marreca, en., Hunchback)
• UTIC Europa

In the UK:

• Plaxton Supreme
  Plaxton Supreme
  The Plaxton Supreme was a design of coach bodywork built by Plaxton. It was first built, on small chassis only, in 1974, replacing the Panorama. On full-sized chassis, it replaced the Panorama Elite in 1975, and was superseded by the Paramount in 1982/3...
  
  
• Van Hool Alizee
• Willowbrook 008 Spacecar
• Willowbrook 003
• Duple Dominant
  Duple Dominant
  The Duple Dominant was a design of coach bodywork built by Duple between 1972 and 1982. It had an all-steel structure.-Chassis:Duple Dominant bodywork was built on different chassis types including:*Albion Viking EVK55CL*AEC Reliance...
  
  

Vehicle histories

Registration	Chassis	Picture	Registered	DVLA Expiry	Orig. Owner	Other Owner
KRS 85V	Volvo B58	None found	24/07/80	30/11/93	Rapson, Brora	Not Known
FUJ 359V	Volvo B58	http://johnnelson.fotopic.net/p57163728.html http://johnnelson.fotopic.net/p57163727.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	ABC European	Not Known
EAK 87V	Bedford YMT	http://coaches-aplenty.fotopic.net/p24438617.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Globe, Barnsley	Not Known
EDA 831V	Ford R1114	http://coaches-aplenty.fotopic.net/p40665588.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Meadway, Birmingham	Not Known
EWE 760V	Ford R1114?	http://gallery41664.fotopic.net/p37290005.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Not Known
HAY 201V	Bedford YMT	http://steve-foster.fotopic.net/p40927562.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Harris, High Wycombe
JBC 281V	Ford R1114	http://steve-foster.fotopic.net/p42456890.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Horseman, Reading
JUT 183V	Volvo B58	Yes - but website link dead	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Not Known
LRT 281V	Volvo B58	http://coaches-aplenty.fotopic.net/p24895865.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	JDW, Ipswich	Cedric, Swivenhoe
MUM 318V	Volvo B58	http://adamsbusphotos.fotopic.net/p10201318.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	SYT	Not Known
UJY 572V	Volvo B58	http://www.hookways.com/ (See Enthusiasts Link)	ex Trathen, Yelverton	??/??/??	Hookways	Not Known
TNP 6V	Volvo B58	http://gloshirebuses.fotopic.net/p24892335.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Halford, Kempsey	Jones, Ffosheliog
WCO 731V	Volvo B58	http://www.tgw.fotopic.net/p31603792.html http://gallery41664.fotopic.net/p34396314.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Trathen, Yelverton	Not Known
WCO 733V	Volvo B58	http://buckielugger2001.fotopic.net/p36670049.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Trathen, Yelverton	Not Known
KAB 100X	Bedford YMT	http://gloshirebuses.fotopic.net/p24832963.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Griffiths, Leintwardine	Not Known
MEW 150W	Bedford YMT	http://www.bedfordgathering.com/thebusman/mew150w.JPG	??/??/??	??/??/??	Miller, Foxton	Not Known
MEW 151W	Volvo B10M	http://coaches-aplenty.fotopic.net/p24686750.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Miller, Foxton	Harding, Redditch
PSO 85W	Volvo B10M	http://coaches-aplenty.fotopic.net/p24686750.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Not Known
WGA 624W	DAF MB200	http://buckielugger2001.fotopic.net/p36670098.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Not Known
WGB 621W	DAF MB200?	http://withdrawnbuses.photos.gb.com/p13363678.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Not Known
JNM 55Y	Volvo B10M	http://thebusgalleryarchive.fotopic.net/p42083656.html	??/??/??	??/??/??	Not Known	Not Known

Pictures

See links below for re-registered coaches (original registration number not known):

• http://coaches-aplenty.fotopic.net/p16065564.html
• http://grant-thomson-buses.fotopic.net/p23746121.html
• http://gallery41664.fotopic.net/p23303183.html