Designed by in-house designer John Worker, the Spryte body has a double-curvature windscreen, a rounded front bumper which rose in the middle, and notably featured an arched top with a rounded roof dome housing the destination display.

[2] The Traction Group took delivery of its first Sprytes in September 1997, with lead operator Yorkshire Traction and subsidiary Yorkshire Terrier respectively taking delivery of both a new Spryte on Dennis Dart SLF chassis and a former East Lancs demonstrator for services in Barnsley,[4] with Traction Group companies Strathtay Scottish and Lincolnshire RoadCar following for services in Dundee and Skegness respectively.

[5][6] Capital Citybus were the only operator of London Regional Transport tendered services to take delivery of Sprytes on Dart SLF chassis, with eight being delivered in early 1998 for use on route S2 between Clapton and Stratford,[7] while First Greater Glasgow also took delivery of eight Spryte bodied Darts in early 1997.

[5][11] Fifteen Spryte bodied B6BLEs were also supplied in 1999 to London Traveller, an independent partially owned by Yorkshire Traction, for use on route 187.

[12] Two 10.6 metres (35 ft) East Lancs Spryte bodied Dennis Dart SLFs, equipped with large hopper windows and electronically-operated sun visors, were delivered to Paramount Garage of Malta in 1997.