Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses

Type	Subsidiary of Volvo
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Gothenburg, Sweden
Key people	Håkan Agnevall (President)
Products	Buses
Parent	Volvo
Subsidiaries	Nova Bus
Website

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).

Products

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

Complete buses

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)
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/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,^[1] 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^[2]
Carrus Oy, Finland (January 1998,^[3] 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^[4]
Alfa Busz Kft, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (2002)
EUROBUS, Zagreb, Croatia (1994.-1999.) on chassis B10, B12

Gallery

Volvo bus used in White Buses action of 1945
Volvo B12 Bus 1940
Volvo B10 Bus 1938
Volvo B512 Bus 1948
Volvo B513X Bus 1948
Volvo B617 Bus 1952
Volvo B655 Bus 1952
Volvo Bus 1953
Volvo B638 Bus 1953
Volvo B727 Bus 1953
Volvo B70501 Bus 1959
Volvo B655 Bus 1963
1967 Volvo bus
Volvo B58 Bus 1968
A Van Hool-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach
Volvo 5500 on a B10M chassis, 1985
A modern Volvo bus
Volvo Olympian 1996
A 1993 built B10B bus with Alexander Strider bodywork, pictured as a training bus for First Greater Manchester
Volvo B9TL

References

↑ Brief History Overview Volvo Buses (Archived 28 January 1997)
↑ "AB Volvo - press release". Cision Wire. Retrieved 1999-09-22. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ Carrus Carrus (Archived 2 March 2000)
↑ "Volvo Buses de Mexico (previously MASA)". Jane's Urban Transport Systems, Jane's Information Group. November 9, 2005. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

External links

Volvo Buses

4.8–5.1 L	B5LH B5RLEH B5TL

5.5 L	B6 B609 B6BLE B6F B6FA B6LE B6M

6.7–7.3 L	B7F B7FA B7L B7LA B7R B7RLE B7TL

7.7 L	B8R B8RLE

9.4 L	B9L B9LA B9R B9RLE B9S B9TL

9.6 L	B9M B10B B10BLE B10C B10L B10LA B10M B10MA B10MD B10R B10TL

12.0–12.1 L	B12 B12B B12BLE B12BLEA B12M B12MA B12R

Volvo BXXR	B11R B13R

Olympian	Olympian Super Olympian

1960s–70s	Ailsa B55 B54 B57 B58 B59 BB57

1930s	B10 B11 B12

Current buses/coaches	7900 8900/8900LE 9500 9700 9900

Former buses/coaches	7000/7700 7500 8500/8500LE 8700/8700LE B10-400 B12-500 B12-600 C10M

North American makes	Prevost Car Nova Bus

Japanese makes	UD Trucks

European bus builders

Active	Alexander Dennis Plaxton Akia AMZ-Kutno Astra Bus Autosan Ayats Barbi Belkommunmash Beulas BMC Bogdan corporation Bogdan Caetano Carrosserie Hess Etalon corporation BAZ ChAZ Contrac Cobus EvoBus Mercedes-Benz Setra Ganja Auto Plant GAZ LiAZ Guleryuz Ikarbus Ikarus Iveco Bus Heuliez Bus Irizar KAMAZ Karsan LAZ MAN Truck & Bus Neoplan MAZ Noge Optare Otokar PAZ Solaris Solbus SOR Libchavy Scania Temsa TVC UkrAVTO ZAZ Unvi Van Hool VDL Groep VDL Berkhof VDL Bova Jonckheere VDL Bus Chassis Volvo Buses Wrightbus

Defunct	Alfa Romeo AEC AJS Albion Autobus Classique AvtoKuban BakAZ Barreiros Bedford Vehicles Berliet Biamax Bouhagier Patras Bristol British City Bus British United Traction Carlyle Chavdar Commer Crossley DAB Daimler Den Oudsten Drögmöller Fiat Veicoli Industriali Guy Jelcz Lancia Leyland Maudslay MCW Midland Red OM Renault Trucks Saviem Tata Hispano Thornycroft Tilling-Stevens Vest Buss Vulcan

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