Dennis Dragon

Buses of this type were also built for China Motor Bus' but were named "Condor" to differentiate the two purchasing companies.

In 1982, Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) purchased three 12-metre non air-conditioned Dennis Dragons with Alexander bodywork for evaluation.

Between 1986 and 1994, KMB purchased the first of 370 11-metre non air-conditioned Dennis Dragons for the bus services of New Territories.

It was rumoured that CMB's last ten air-conditioned Condors were bought due to unpredictable delivery time of the Dennis Trident 3s ordered.

[6] The DMs were retired by August 2002 and sold out, with an 11-m non-air-conditioned Dennis Condor (fleet number DM28) regarded by NWFB as its last "hot dog" ("hot dog" is a nickname in Hong Kong for non-air-conditioned buses).

Some of them were converted to open-top for Big Bus Tours' Hong Kong operation until 2017, then it was shifted to Miami.

The Duple Metsec bodywork for Citybus's Dragons, which were assembled by Salvador Caetano in Portugal, were different from those supplied to KMB/CMB in that the frontal design resembled with those used on Alexander R-type body and a wider front door was used.

[7] In 2000, Citybus rebuilt a 10.3-m Dragon (fleet number 701) as the world's first 3-axle double-decker air-conditioned trolleybus.

One of Citybus's 10.3-m Dennis Dragon (fleet number 713) had been prematurely withdrawn in 2002 due to fire damage.

Later, all the Dennis Dragons in Kenya were shipped back to England and allocated to Stagecoach Manchester's Magic Bus fleet.

Kowloon Motor Bus Dennis Dragon 9.9m in Kwun Tong in October 2006
New World First Bus Duple Metsec bodied Condor in August 2008
China Motor Bus Very Unique Duple Metsec bodied Condor Press Photo
Citybus Duple Metsec bodied Dragon with adopted Alexander R-Type front design
Magic Bus Duple Metsec bodied Dragon in Manchester in March 2008