A wheelchair accessible minibus – with a difference!

Gowrings Mobility, the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of wheelchair accessible vehicles, has launched its latest conversion, the Vauxhall Movano. Joining the popular Renault Master to the accessible minibus market, this conversion is also designed and built with the needs of the wheelchair passengers as priority, with other ambulant passengers fitting in around them.

The short wheelbase Vauxhall Movano has been converted to provide flexible seating combinations of up to three wheelchair users, three seated passengers and the driver, or seven seated passengers and the driver.

The three wheelchair positions are located in prime position for access, vision and space. Wheelchair access is via a Ricon inboard lift, which has been cleverly offset so that carers do not have to twist and turn to manoeuvre the wheelchair passengers in, and so that they can sit next to the rear wheelchair user if required.

Janet Seward, Sales and Marketing Director, Gowrings Mobility commented, “I’ve seen countless minibus conversions that focus on how many seats they can cram in and with the needs of the wheelchair passengers as an afterthought. Our Vauxhall Movano is different. Every detail has been purposefully designed with the needs, comfort and safety of the wheelchair user in mind. As with our smaller wheelchair passenger vehicles, our team of design engineers has come up with a superb conversion, ideal for fleet operators or larger families.”

As you would expect from the market leader, great attention has been paid to the finer detail. Wheelchair restraints are discreetly sunken flush into the floor for reduced trip hazard. The seatbelts are securely and neatly mounted onto the body of the vehicle, providing optimum angles for safety and comfort.

Ambulant passengers can access the vehicle via a very wide electric side step, and using a winning combination of folding, removable and fixed seats, seating can be moved around to suit different layout requirements and journeys.

Gowrings Mobility is also offering options of the long wheelbase Vauxhall Movano, with a bespoke conversion to suit individual requirements. For more information, visit gowringsmobility.co.uk.