Volvo Buses
Volvo Buses 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/South America, Asia and Australia. Former production facility were located in Irvine, Scotland (closed in 2000) and India (closed in 2008).
Products
Chassis
Historical
- 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
- 1970-1980: B59
- 1973-1985: Ailsa B55
- 1978-2001: B10M/B10MA/B10MD (the double deck city bus version B10MD, built from 1982 to 1993, was also known as Citybus)
- 1970s-1991: B10R
- 1990-2002: B10B
- 1991-1998: B6/B6LE
- 1992-2000: Olympian (modified from Leyland Olympian)
- 1992-2004: B10BLE
- 1993-2000s: B10L/B10LA
- 1997-2006?: B7L/B7LA
- 1998-2002: B6BLE
- 1998-2004: Super Olympian (also known as B10TL)
- 1999-2006: B7TL
- 1991-2011: B12/B12R
- 1997-2011: B12B
- 1999-2011: B12M/B12MA (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
- 2001-2011: B12BLE/B12BLEA (articulated version was introduced in 2005)
Current
- 1997-: B7R
- 2001-2013: B7RLE
- 2002-2013: B9TL (once known as Olympian in Volvo official website)
- 2002-: B9S Articulated/B9 SALF Articulated (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006)
- 2003-: B9R
- 2005-: B9L/B9LA
- 2008?-: B5L Hybrid (hybrid electric bus)
- 2010-: B13R
- 2010?-: B9RLE
- 2011-: B270F
- 2011-: B11R
- 2012-: B5TL
- 2010-: B5R Hybrid
- 2012-: Volvo B215RH (hybrid electric bus biodiesel-electric), Volvo B215LH (Low Floor and Hybrid biodiesel-electric) - in Brazil
- 2013-: B8R
- 2013-: B8RLE
- 2013-: B8TL[citation needed]
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
- 7700 Hybrid bus (B5L chassis)
- 7800 articulated BRT bus (B9S Articulated chassis) - for China
- 7900
- 8300 intercity (B9R chassis) - for Mexico
- 8400 citybus (B7RLE chassis) - for India
- 8500 TX intercity (B12M chassis)
- 8500LE citybus (B10BLE/B12BLE/B9S Articulated chassis)
- 8700 TX intercity (B7R/B12B/B12M chassis)
- 8700LE citybus (B7RLE/B12BLE chassis)
- 8900/8900 Low Entry intercity (B7R/B7RLE/B9RLE chassis)
- 9100 coach - for Asia
- 9300 coach (B9R chassis) - for Mexico
- 9400 intercity (B7R chassis) - for India
- 9400XL(6X2) intercity (B9R chassis) - for India
- 9400PX coach
- 9500 coach (B9R chassis)
- 9600 coach (B9R chassis) - for China
- 9700 TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M/B9R/B13R chassis)
- 9800 coach (B12M chassis) - for China
- 9900 coach (Volvo/Drögmöller B12-600 chassis)
Acquired companies
Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:
- Säffle Karosseri AB, Säffle, Sweden (1981, now Volvo Bussar Säffle AB)
- Leyland Bus, United Kingdom (1988, all Leyland products ceased production by July 1993)
- Steyr Bus GmbH, Steyr, Austria (early 1990s)
- Aabenraa Karrosseri A/S, Aabenraa, Denmark (1994)
- 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[1]
- Carrus OY, Finland (1998, later known as Volvo Bus Finland OY)
- Nova Bus, St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada (1998)
- Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA), Tultitlán, Mexico (1998), renamed Volvo Buses de México[2]
- Alfa-Busz, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (2002)
- EUROBUS, Zagreb, Croatia (1994.-1999.) on chassis B10, B12
Gallery
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Volvo B12 Bus 1940
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Volvo B10 Bus 1938
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Volvo B512 Bus 1948
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Volvo B513X Bus 1948
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Volvo B617 Bus 1952
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Volvo B655 Bus 1952
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Volvo Bus 1953
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Volvo B638 Bus 1953
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Volvo B727 Bus 1953
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Volvo B70501 Bus 1959
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Volvo B655 Bus 1963
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1967 Volvo bus
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Volvo B58 Bus 1968
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A Van Hool-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach
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Volvo 5500 on a B10M chassis, 1985
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A modern Volvo bus
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Volvo Olympian 1996
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A 1993 built B10B bus with Alexander Strider bodywork, pictured as a training bus for First Greater Manchester
References
- ↑ "AB Volvo - press release". Cision Wire. Retrieved 1999-09-22.
- ↑ "Volvo Buses de Mexico (previously MASA)". Jane's Urban Transport Systems, Jane's Information Group. November 9, 2005. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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