Volvo Buses

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Volvo Buses (Volvo Bus Corporation; formal name: Volvo Bussar AB), stylized as VOLVO, is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Gothenburg.

It is one of the world's largest bus manufacturers, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation. The product range includes complete buses and coaches as well as chassis combined with a comprehensive range of services.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The bus operation has a global presence, with production in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. In India it set up its production facility in Bangalore. A former production facility was located in Irvine, Scotland (closed in 2000).

Products

Chassis

Codes in parentheses are VIN codes for the chassis models.

Historical

• 1930s/40s: B10, B12
• 1950s: B627
• 1950s–1960s: B615/B616/B617
• 1950s–1960s: B635/B638
• 1950s–1960s: B705
• 1950s–1960s: B725/B727
• 1951–1963: B655 (mid-engine)/B656/B657/B658
• 1960s: B715
• 1963–1965: B755
• 1960s–1980s: B57 & BB57
• 1965–1982: B58
• 1966–1971: B54
• 1970–1980: B59
• 1973–1985: Ailsa B55
• 1978–2001: B10M/B10MA/B10MD (1M) – the double deck city bus version B10MD, built from 1982 to 1993, was also known as Citybus
  • 1983–1996? B9M (9M) – low-budget version of the B10M
  • 1988–1991 B10C (1C) – special Australian coach version of the B10M
• 1978–1991: B10R (1R)
• 1978–1987?: B6F/B6FA (6A)
• 198?–198?: B6M (6M) – for Asia Pacific
• 1990–2002: B10B (R1)
• 1991–2011: B12 (R2) – known as B12R, later B380R/B420R in Brazil
• 1991–1998: B6/B6LE (R3)
• 1992–2000: Olympian (YN) – modified from Leyland Olympian
• 1992–2004: B10BLE (R4)
• 1993-2000s: B10L/B10LA (R5)
• 1999–2006: B7L/B7LA (R7)

2002-2014: Volvo B7RLE (R7) - Replacement for the B7L, superseded by The B8RLE chassis.

• 1998–2002: B6BLE (R3)
• 1997–2011: B12B (R8)
  • 2001–2011: B12BLE/B12BLEA (R8) – articulated version was introduced in 2005
• 1998–2004: Super Olympian (S1) – also known as B10TL
• 1999–2006: B7TL (S2)
• 2000–2003: B10R (S3) – for Brazil
• 2002–2018: B9TL (S4) – low-floor double-decker, once known as Olympian in Volvo official website
• 2010?–2013: B9RLE (S5)
• 2012–2021: B5TL (T9) – low-floor double-decker

Current

• 1997–: B7R (R6) – known as B290R in Brazil since 2011
• 1999–: B12M/B12MA (R9) – known as B340M in Brazil since 2011 (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
• 2003–: B9R (S5) – known as B340R/B380R in Brazil 2011–2012
• 2002–: B9S (S6) – bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006, known as B360S in Brazil since 2011
• 2005–: B9L/B9LA (S7) – low-floor
• 2008–: B5LH (T1) – low-floor hybrid-electric bus
• 2009–: BXXR (T2)
  • 2009–: B13R – 12.8-litre engine
  • 2011–: B11R – 10.8-litre engine, known as B340R/B380R/B420R/B450R in Brazil
• 2011–: B270F (T5) – front-engined
• 2012–: B5RH/B5RLEH (T8) – step-entrance/low-entry hybrid-electric bus, known as B215RH/B215LH in Brazil
• 2013–: B8R (T7)
  • 2013–: B8RLE/B8RLEA (T7) – low-entry version of the B8R
• 2015–: BE (U1)
• 2016–: B8L (U2) – low-floor double-decker
• 2021–: BZL – low-floor single/double-decker
• 2024–: BZR – flexible electric chassis<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Complete buses

File:Praha, Holešovice, Výstaviště, Czech Bus, hybridní autobus Volvo.jpg

Hybrid Volvo 7700H bus at the Czech Bus Fair 2011

• C10M (built in 1980s)
• 5000/7500 low-floor citybus (B10L/B7L/B9S Articulated chassis)
• 7000/7700 low-floor citybus (B10L/B7L/B9L chassis)
• 7250/7350 coach (Volvo/Drögmöller B10-400/B7R chassis) – for Mexico
• 7400 – for India
• 7400XL – for India
• 7450/7550 coach
• 7700A articulated low-floor citybus (B7LA/B9LA chassis)
• 7700 Hybrid low-floor citybus (B5LH chassis)
• 7800 articulated BRT bus (B9S Articulated chassis) – for China
• 7900 low-floor citybus
• 7900 Hybrid low-floor citybus (B5LH chassis)
• 7900A Hybrid articulated low-floor citybus (B5LAH chassis)
• 8300 intercity (B9R chassis) – for Mexico
• 8400 citybus (B7RLE chassis) – for India
• 8500 TX intercity (B7R/B12M chassis)
• 8500A articulated intercity (B12MA chassis)
• 8500LE citybus (B10BLE/B7RLE/B12BLE/B9S Articulated chassis)
• 8600 (B8R chassis) – for Europe, built in India
• 8700 TX intercity (B7R/B12B/B12M chassis)
• 8700LE citybus (B7RLE/B12BLE chassis)
• 8700LEA articulated citybus (B12BLEA chassis)
• 8900 intercity (B7R/B9R/B8R chassis)
• 8900LE citybus (B7RLE/B9RLE/B8RLE chassis)
• 9100 coach – for Asia, built in India
• 9300 coach (B9R chassis) – for Mexico
• 9400 intercity (B7R/B8R/B9R chassis) – for India
• 9400XL(6X2) intercity (B9R chassis) – for India
• 9400PX coach (B11R chassis) – for India
• 9500 coach (B9R/B8R chassis)
• 9600 coach (B9R chassis) – for China
• 9600 coach (B8R chassis) – for India<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 9700 TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M/B7R/B9R/B13R/B11R/B8R chassis)
• 9800 coach (B12M chassis) – for China
• 9800 coach (B13R chassis) – for Mexico
• 9800 Double Decker coach (B13R chassis) – for Mexico
• 9900 coach (B12B/B13R/B11R chassis)

Acquired companies

Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:

• Säffle Karosseri AB, Säffle, Sweden (1981, known as Volvo Bussar Säffle AB from 2004, plant closed in 2013)
• Leyland Bus, United Kingdom (1988, all Leyland products ceased production by July 1993)
• Steyr Bus GmbH, Steyr, Austria (75% in 1990,<ref>Brief History Overview Volvo Buses (Archived 28 January 1997)</ref> plant closed in the 1990s)
• Aabenraa Karrosseri A/S, Aabenraa, Denmark (1994, plant closed in 2004)
• Drögmöller Karosserien GmbH & Co. KG, Heilbronn, Germany (1994, later known as Volvo Busse Industries (Deutschland) GmbH, plant closed in 2005)
• Prevost Coaches, Quebec, Canada (1995), now known as Prevost Car
• Merkavim, Israel (1996), jointly owned by Volvo Bus Corporation & Mayer Cars & Trucks Ltd., importer of HONDA cars & bikes in Israel<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Volvo Polska Sp. z o.o., Wrocław, Poland (1996), the largest Volvo Buses factory in Europe
• Carrus Oy, Finland (January 1998,<ref>Carrus Carrus (Archived 2 March 2000)</ref> known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy from 2004)
  • Carrus Oy Delta, Lieto, known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy Turku Factory from 2004, became independent in 2008 and renamed Carrus Delta Oy
  • Carrus Oy Ajokki, Tampere, known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy Tampere Factory from 2004, plant closed in 2008
  • Carrus Oy Wiima, Vantaa, plant closed in 2001
• Nova Bus, St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada (1998)
• Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA), Tultitlán, Mexico (1998), renamed Volvo Buses de México<ref name="janes-online">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Alfa Busz Kft, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (2002)
• EUROBUS, Zagreb, Croatia (1994.-1999.) on chassis B10, B12
• Proterra (2023) <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Production sites

• Sainte-Claire, Quebec, Canada
• Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
• Borås, Sweden
• Hoskote, India
• Curitiba, Brazil
• Wrocław, Poland
• Tultitlán, Mexico

Gallery

• Vitabussar b8dn421 3458.jpg

  Volvo bus used in White Buses action of 1945

• Volvo B 12 Bus 1940.jpg

  Volvo B12 Bus 1940

• Volvo B 10 Buss 1938.jpg

  Volvo B10 Bus 1938

• Volvo B 512 Bus 1948.jpg

  Volvo B512 Bus 1948

• Volvo B 513 X Bus 1948.jpg

  Volvo B513X Bus 1948

• Volvo B617 Bus 1952.jpg

  Volvo B617 Bus 1952

• Volvo B655 Bus 1952.jpg

  Volvo B655 Bus 1952

• Volvo Bus 1953.jpg

  Volvo Bus 1953

• Volvo B 638 Bus 1953.jpg

  Volvo B638 Bus 1953

• Volvo B727 Bus 1953.jpg

  Volvo B727 Bus 1953

• Volvo B 70501 Bus 1959.jpg

  Volvo B70501 Bus 1959

• Volvo B655 Bus 1963.jpg

  Volvo B655 Bus 1963

• Stockholm bus 01.jpg

  1967 Volvo B58 bus

• Volvo B58 Bus 1968.jpg

  Volvo B58 Bus 1968

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  A Van Hool-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach

• Arriva 7759.JPG

  Volvo B10MA, 1985

• First Manchester Volvo B10B Alexander Strider learner bus.jpg

  A 1993 built B10B bus with Alexander Strider bodywork, pictured as a training bus for First Greater Manchester

• Arriva North West and Wales 3274.jpg

  Volvo Olympian, 1996

• LP563.jpg

  Volvo Super Olympian, 2006

• BJ03EXK National Express West Midlands 4500 Loretta Lynn Volvo B7TL with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork (54196999009).jpg

  Volvo B7TL, 2024

• SBS Transit Volvo B9TL WEG2 (SBS3004X) on Service 80.jpg

  Volvo B9TL, 2012

• Arriva NW Volvo Wrightbus Gemini Hybrid MX13 AEP.JPG

  Volvo B5LH, 2013

• Auckland Transport-Ritchies Transport Holdings Designline bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg

  Volvo B7RLE, 2007

• Transperth Volgren CR228L bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg

  Volvo B7RLE, 2012

• Auckland Transport-Go Bus Transport Gemilang bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg

  Volvo B7RLE, 2016

• Auckland Transport-Go Bus Transport GBV NZ Enviroline bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg

  Volvo B7RLE, 2017

• Veolia 5884-III.JPG

  Volvo B8RLE, 2013

• Transperth 2015 Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA diesel Rt. 530.jpg

  Volvo B8RLEA, 2015

• ST2001-20-PR (cropped).jpg

  Volvo B12BLEA, 2009

• Transjakarta, Volvo B11R (SAF-025).jpg

  Volvo B11R, 2018

• Victory Liner DMMW DM16S2 Volvo B7R.jpg

  Volvo B7R, body made by Autodelta Coach Builders Inc., 2017

• Victory Liner 558 (2024).jpg

  Volvo B8R, body made by Truong Hai Group Corporation, 2024

• V6X20 KMB 978 15-07-2022.jpg

  Volvo B8L, 2022

• Volvo BZL TowerTransit SG4007T @ 990, Bukit Batok Int 20230717 (53335117397) (cropped).jpg

  Volvo BZL, 2023

External links

• Volvo Buses official website