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{{Short description|Low-floor bus body on Dennis Dart SLF chassis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{refimprove|date=August 2018}}
{{not to be confused with|Wright Nimbus}}
{{Infobox UK Bus
|name = Caetano Nimbus
|image = Thurmaston Bus Dart Caetano.jpg
|imagesize =
|caption = Thurmaston Bus Caetano Nimbus bodied [[Dennis Dart#Low-floor Dart SLF|Dennis Dart SLF]] in [[Leicester]] in April 2011
|interiorimage =
|interiorcaption =
|manufacturer = [[Salvador Caetano]]
|production = 1999–2007
|assembly = [[Waterlooville]], England
|replaced =
|capacity = 27 to 39 seated
|length = 8.8m - 11.4m
|width = 2.5m
|height =
|floortype = [[Low-entry bus|Low entry]]
|doors = 1 or 2
|weight =
|chassis = [[Dennis Dart SLF]]
|engine =
|powerout =
|transmission =
|predecessor = [[UVG Urbanstar|Caetano Compass]]
|successor = [[Caetano City Gold]]}}

The '''Caetano Nimbus''' was a [[Low-entry bus|low-entry]] [[single-decker bus]] [[coachwork|body]] built by [[Salvador Caetano]] in [[Waterlooville]], England between 1999 and 2007. It was constructed exclusively on the [[Dennis Dart|Dennis Dart SLF]] as a replacement for the [[UVG Urbanstar|Caetano Compass]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040204002045/http://www.caetano.co.uk/product/nimbus.htm Nimbus] Salvador Caetano</ref>

[[MyBus]] (49) and [[Tellings-Golden Miller]] (41) were major purchasers.<ref>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=1001&Type=Body SC Coachbuilders] Bus Lists on the Web</ref>

A common design is that most of these buses have a double-curvature windscreen and a separately mounted [[destination display]] with an arched top.

During 2002 a shorter and narrower version called the '''Slimbus''' was developed, the principal customer being [[MyBus]] who required small buses because of size restrictions on [[Jersey]], purchasing a total of 52 by 2007. Some Slimbuses went to [[HCT Group|CT Plus]] in London as well as [[National Car Parks]] for airport shuttle work, some of which later materialised with Island Coachways in [[Guernsey]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=5013 |date=28 November 2002 |title=Caetano ready for new opportunities |magazine=[[Coach & Bus Week]] |issue=553 |page= |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=14 July 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021224230952/http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=5013 |archive-date=24 December 2002}}</ref> By January 2013, CT Plus had obtained contracts to operate public transport in first Guernsey and then Jersey, with all of the Nimbuses in Guernsey and 31 of the Jersey examples continuing in use with CT Plus. Those that were not retained in Jersey were shipped to a UK dealer which later sold them to the [[FirstGroup]].

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File:Countryliner DC37 KU02 YBG.JPG|[[Countryliner]] Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF in [[Guildford]] in September 2009
File:Enterprise 13 rear.JPG|[[Unilink]] Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF in [[Southampton]] in September 2008
File:London Buses route U3 072.jpg|[[Transport UK London Bus|First London]] Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF in [[Uxbridge]], 2010
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