Volvo Buses

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Volvo Bussar AB
  • Volvo Buses
  • Volvo Bus Corporation
Company type Subsidiary of the Volvo Group
Industry Bus manufacturing
Founded1968
Headquarters Gothenburg, Sweden
Areas served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Anna Westerberg (President)
Brands
RevenueIncrease2.svg 25.386 billion kr (2016) [1]
Increase2.svg 0.911 billion kr (2016) [1]
Number of employees
7,353 (2016) [1]
Parent Volvo
Website www.volvobuses.com

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.

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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. [2]

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)
  • 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
  • 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
    • 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)
  • 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)
  • 2015–: BE (U1)
  • 2016–: B8L (U2) – low-floor double-decker
  • 2021–: BZL – low-floor single/double-decker
  • 2024–: BZR – flexible electric chassis [3]

Complete buses

Hybrid Volvo 7700H bus at the Czech Bus Fair 2011 Praha, Holesovice, Vystaviste, Czech Bus, hybridni autobus Volvo.jpg
Hybrid Volvo 7700H bus at the Czech Bus Fair 2011

Acquired companies

Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:

Production sites

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B7R</span> Motor vehicle

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B10M</span> Bus chassis

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B10BLE</span> Motor vehicle

The Volvo B10BLE was a rear-engined low-entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1993 and 2004. The first prototypes were built in 1992, but mass production started in 1993, only a year after the high-floor B10B. It was popular in Australia, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. It had the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus. It became the successor of the city bus version of the B10B and was used as a base for single-decker buses worldwide. The B10BLE was available in diesel powered format, and later in a compressed natural gas powered format with the fuel tanks on the roof of the bus. Its low-floor design was widely promoted by Volvo when it was first launched, on the basis of added convenience to the passengers, and the increase in transport efficiency due to the low-floor design.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonckheere</span>

Jonckheere was a Belgian motor coach and bus builder, founded in 1881 by Henri Jonckheere in Roeselare.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wright Eclipse</span> Single-deck bus body built by Wrightbus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Drögmöller</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caetano Levante</span> Coach body

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo 7700</span> Low-floor citybus from Volvo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B10B</span> Motor vehicle

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The Volvo B10 was a front-engined bus chassis built in the 1930s, but may also refer to different 9.6-litre engined bus chassis from Volvo Buses:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B11R</span> Motor vehicle

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B8R</span> 7.7-litre engined coach and intercity bus chassis manufactured by Volvo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo B8RLE</span> A bus chassis manufactured by Volvo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo 8700</span> Intercity bus and citybus from Volvo

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Volvo 8500</span> Intercity bus and citybus from Volvo

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References

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