Wright Cadet

{{Short description|Low-floor midibus bodywork on DAF/VDL SB120 chassis}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox UK Bus

| name = Wright Cadet

| image = Arriva North West 2422 X422AJA (8759231308).jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Arriva North West Wright Cadet bodied DAF SB120 in Liverpool in May 2013

| manufacturer = Wrightbus

| production = 2000 - 2008

| assembly = Ballymena, Northern Ireland

| capacity =

| length = {{cvt|9.4|m|ftin}}, {{cvt|10.2|m|ftin}} & {{cvt|10.8|m|ftin}}

| width = {{cvt|2.5|m|ftin}}

| height = {{cvt|3.0|m|ftin}}

| floortype = Low floor

| doors = 1 or 2

| weight =

| chassis = DAF/VDL SB120

| engine = Cummins B Series/ISBe

| powerout =

| transmission =

| predecessor = Wright Crusader

| successor =

| related = Wright Commander}}

The Wright Cadet was a low floor midibus body built on the DAF/VDL SB120 chassis by Wrightbus between 2000 and 2008. It was sold via VDL dealer Arriva Bus & Coach. Of the 681 produced, 366 were for Arriva subsidiaries,{{cite book|editor-last=Brown|editor-first=Stewart J.|last=Millar|first=Alan|chapter=The rise, fall and Ryse of Wrightbus|title=Buses Yearbook 2021|date=2020|location=Stamford|publisher=Key Publishing|isbn=978 1 913295 53 0|page=10}} including eight for its Netherlands subsidiary. Bus Éireann purchased 35, and UniversityBus of Hatfield purchased five between 2000 and 2001.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue500/page/39/mode/1up |date=15 November 2001 |issue=500 |page=39 |title=SB120 Cadets join Universitybus |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=15 September 2024}}