Volvo Buses

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

• Name — Volvo Bussar AB • Trade Name — * Volvo Buses • Volvo Bus Corporation • Type — Subsidiary of the Volvo Group • Hq Location — Gothenburg, Sweden • Areas Served — Worldwide • Key People — * Anna Westerberg (President) • Industry — Bus manufacturing • Revenue — 25.386 billion (2016) • Operating Income — 0.911 billion (2016) • Num Employees — 7,353 (2016) • Parent — Volvo • Website — www.volvobuses.com

Codes in parentheses are VIN codes for the chassis models.

• 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(R4) • 1993-2000s: B10L/B10LA (R5) • 1999–2006: B7L/B7LA (R7) • 2002-2014: Volvo B7RLE (R7) - Replacement for the B7L, superseded by The B8RLE chassis.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

• 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

• Illustration — 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 • 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)

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 • Volvo Polska Sp. z o.o., Wrocław, Poland (1996), the largest Volvo Buses factory in Europe • 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 • Proterra (2023)

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

• Illustration — Volvo bus used in White Buses action of 1945 • Illustration — Volvo B12 Bus 1940 • Illustration — Volvo B10 Bus 1938 • Illustration — Volvo B512 Bus 1948 • Illustration — Volvo B513X Bus 1948 • Illustration — Volvo B617 Bus 1952 • Illustration — Volvo B655 Bus 1952 • Illustration — Volvo Bus 1953 • Illustration — Volvo B638 Bus 1953 • Illustration — Volvo B727 Bus 1953 • Illustration — Volvo B70501 Bus 1959 • Illustration — Volvo B655 Bus 1963 • Illustration — 1967 Volvo B58 bus • Illustration — Volvo B58 Bus 1968 • Illustration — A Van Hool-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach • Illustration — Volvo B10MA, 1985 • Illustration — A 1993 built B10B bus with Alexander Strider bodywork, pictured as a training bus for First Greater Manchester • Illustration — Volvo Olympian, 2007 • Illustration — Volvo Super Olympian, 2006 • Illustration — Volvo B7TL, 2024 • Illustration — Volvo B9TL, 2012 • Illustration — Volvo B5LH, 2025 • Illustration — Volvo B7RLE, 2025 • Illustration — Volvo B7RLE, 2017 • Illustration — Volvo B7RLE, 2024 • Illustration — Volvo B7RLE, 2025 • Illustration — Volvo B8RLE, 2014 • Illustration — Volvo B8RLEA, 2018 • Illustration — Volvo B12BLEA, 2009 • Illustration — Volvo B11R, 2018 • Illustration — Volvo B7R, body made by Autodelta Coach Builders Inc., 2017 • Illustration — Volvo B8R, body made by Truong Hai Group Corporation, 2024 • Illustration — Volvo B8L, 2022 • Illustration — Volvo BZL, 2023 • Illustration — Volvo BZL, 2025