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Volvo Buses
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Volvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of Volvo which became an independent division in 1968.
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).
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- 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
- 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)
- 1992-2004: B10BLE
- 1993-200?: B10L/B10LA
- 1998-2002: B6BLE
- 1998-2004: B10TL (also known as Super Olympian)
- 1991-: B12R
- 1997-: B7R
- 1997-: B7L/B7LA
- 1997-: B12B
- 1999-: B7TL
- 1999-: B12M/B12MA (Bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
- 2000-: B7RLE
- 2001-: B12BLE/B12BLEA (articulated version was introduced in 2005)
- 2002-: B9TL (also known as Olympian)
- 2002-: B9S Articulated/B9 SALF Articulated (Bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006)
- 2003-: B9R
- 2005-: B9L/B9LA
- C10M (built in 1980s)
- 5000/7500 low-floor citybus (B10L/B7L chassis)
- 7000/7700 low-floor 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/B9S Articulated 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)
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
- Carrus OY, Finland (1998, later known as Volvo Bus Finland OY)
- Nova Bus, St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada (1998)
- Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA), Tultitlan, Mexico (1998)
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