Volvo Buses
It is the world's second 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. One former production facility was located in Irvine, Scotland (closed in 2000).
Products
===Chassis===
Historical
Volvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.
- 1951-1963: B655 (mid-engine)
- 1950s: B656
- 1950s: B657
- 1950s: B658
- 1963-1965: B755
- 196?-198?: B57 & BB57
- 1965-1982: B58
- 1970-1980: B59
- 1973-1985: Ailsa B55
- 1978-2001: B10M/B10MA (double deck city bus version was also known as Citybus)
- 197?-1991: B10R
- 1990-2002: B10B
- 1991-1998: B6/B6LE
- 1992-2000: Olympian (modified from Leyland Olympian)
- 1992-2002: B10BLE
- 1993-200?: B10L/B10LA
- 1998-2002: B6BLE
- 1998-2004: B10TL Super Olympian
Current
- 1991-: B12R
- 1997-: B7R
- 1999-: B7L/B7LA
- 1999-: B7TL
- 2000-: B7RLE
- 2000-: B12M/B12MA
- 2001-: B12B
- 2001-: B12BLE/B12BLEA (articulated version was introduced in 2005)
- 2002-: B9TL (also known as Olympian)
- 200?-: B9R
- 2005-: B9L/B9LA
Complete buses
- C10M (built in 1980s)
- 5000/7500 LF citybus (B10L/B7L chassis)
- 7000/7700 LF citybus (B10L/B7L/B9L chassis)
- 7250/7350 coach (Volvo/Drögmöller B10-400/B7R chassis) - for Mexico
- 7450/7550 coach
- 8300 intercity (B9R chassis) - for Mexico
- 8500 TX intercity (B12M chassis)
- 8500LE citybus (B10BLE/B12BLE chassis)
- 8700 TX intercity (B7R/B12B/B12M chassis)
- 8700LE citybus (B7RLE/B12BLE chassis)
- 9300 coach (B9R chassis) - for Mexico
- 9700 TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M chassis)
- 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)
- 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)
- Carrus OY, Finland (1998, later known as Volvo Bus Finland OY)
- Nova Bus, Quebec, Canada (1998)
Rivals
- Alexander Dennis - United Kingdom
- Iveco - Italy (owner of Irisbus)
- MAN - Germany
- Mercedes-Benz - Germany
- Scania - Sweden
- Setra - Germany
- Van Hool - Belgium