# Volvo Buses

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.
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.
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)
* 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2002-2014: Volvo B7RLE (R7) - Replacement for the B7L, superseded by The B8RLE chassis.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

#### Current

* 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

### 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)
* 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)

## 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
* 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)

## Production sites

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

## 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 B58 bus
* Volvo B58 Bus 1968
* A Van Hool-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach
* Volvo B10MA, 1985
* Volvo Olympian 1996
* A 1993 built B10B bus with Alexander Strider bodywork, pictured as a training bus for First Greater Manchester
* Volvo B9TL, 2024
* Volvo B5LH, 2024
* Volvo B7RLE, 2012
* Volvo B8RLE, 2013
* Volvo B8RLEA, 2015
* Volvo B12BLEA, 2009
* Volvo B11R, 2018
* Volvo B7R, body made by Autodelta Coach Builders Inc., 2017
* Volvo B8R, body made by Truong Hai Group Corporation, 2024
* Volvo BZL, 2024