industry manufacturing founded 1968 headquarters gothenburg sweden key people h kan agnevall president products buses parent volvo subsidiaries nova bus website 1 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 . contents 1 products 1.1 chassis 1.1.1 historical 1.1.2 current 1.2 complete buses 2 acquired companies 3 gallery 4 references 5 external links products edit chassis edit historical edit 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 b9m b10m b10ma b10md the double deck city bus version b10md built from 1982 to 1993 was also known as citybus 1978 1991 b10r 1978 1987 b6f b6fa 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 2001 2011 b12ble b12blea articulated version was introduced in 2005 2002 2011 b9s articulated b9 salf articulated bi articulated version was introduced in 2006 2010 2013 b9rle current edit 1997 b7r 1999 b12m b12ma bi articulated version was introduced in 2002 known as b340m in brazil since 2011 2001 b7rle 2002 b9tl once known as olympian in volvo official website 2003 b9r 2005 b9l b9la 2008 b5lh hybrid electric bus 2009 bxxr 2009 b13r 12.8 litre engine 2011 b11r 10.8 litre engine 2011 b270f 2012 b5tl 2012 b5rh b215rh hybrid electric bus 2012 b215lh low floor and hybrid biodiesel electric in brazil 2013 b8r 2013 b8rle b8rlea complete buses edit 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 dr gm ller 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 edit bus makers owned acquired by volvo s ffle karosseri ab s ffle sweden 1981 known as volvo bussar s ffle 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 dr gm ller 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 tultitl n mexico 1998 renamed volvo buses de m xico 4 alfa busz kft sz kesfeh rv r hungary 2002 eurobus zagreb croatia 1994 . 1999 . on chassis b10 b12 gallery edit 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 edit 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 edit buses portal volvo buses official website volvo 7900 hybrid bus v t e 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 8900 le 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 v t e european bus builders active alexander dennis plaxton 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 ikarbus ikarus iveco bus heuliez bus irizar kamaz laz man truck & bus neoplan maz noge optare paz solaris solbus sor libchavy scania temsa 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 dr gm ller fiat veicoli industriali guy jelcz lancia leyland maudslay mcw midland red om renault trucks saviem tata hispano thornycroft tilling stevens vest buss vulcan retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title volvo buses & oldid 737583053 categories volvo groupbus manufacturerscompanies established in 1968companies of swedenhybrid electric bus manufacturerstrolleybus manufacturershidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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