Volvo Buses

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Type Subsidiary of Volvo Products Buses Founded 1968 Parent organization AB Volvo		Industry Manufacturing Website [1] Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden

Key people Håkan Agnevall; (President) Subsidiaries Nova Bus, Prevost Car, Acrivia AB

Volvo Buses (Swedish: 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 the world's largest bus manufacturer, 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.

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. Former production facility was located in Irvine, Scotland (closed in 2000).

Chassis

Codes in parentheses are VIN codes for the chassis models.

Historical

1930/40s: 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)

1997-2006?: B7L/B7LA (R7)

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

2010?-2013: B9RLE (S5)

Current

1997-: B7R (R6) – known as B290R in Brazil since 2011

2001-: B7RLE (R6) – low-entry version of the B7R

1999-: B12M/B12MA (R9) – known as B340M in Brazil since 2011 (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)

2002-: B9TL (S4) – low-floor double-decker, once known as Olympian in Volvo official website

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-: B5TL (T9) – low-floor double-decker

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

2016-: B8L – low-floor double-decker

Complete buses

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)

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

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

9700 TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M/B7R/B9R/B13R/B11R/B8R chassis)

9800 coach (B12M chassis) - for China

9800 coach - 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, 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

Carrus Oy, Finland (January 1998, 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

Alfa Busz Kft, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (2002)

EUROBUS, Zagreb, Croatia (1994.-1999.) on chassis B10, B12

References

Volvo Buses Wikipedia

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