Volvo Buses
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| Type | Subsidiary of Volvo |
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| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1920’s – 1968 >>>>>> |
| Headquarters | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Key people | Håkan Agnevall (President) |
| Products | Buses |
| Parent | Volvo |
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Volvo Buses (Swedish: Volvo Bussar AB ) 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. In India it setup their production facility in Bangalore. Former production facility were located in Irvine, Scotland (closed in 2000).
Products
Chassis
Historical
1928 VOLVO
1928 Volvo LV45 autobus
1929 Volvo LV4 -Arvika
1929 Volvo LV4 -Arvika
1931 VOLVO
1932 VOLVO
1932 VOLVO BUS NON IDENTIFIE
1934 VOLVO
1934 Volvo-bus-on-B1-chassis-500
1935 Volvo-Verheul van de Veluwe-Expres van de gebroeders Robart NL
1936 VOLVO
1936 Volvo Verheul 29seat Citosa 14 NS 759 NL
1937 Volvo
1937 VOLVO
1937 Volvo Heiwo (Heida) B-23674 NL
1938 Volvo B10 Bus
1938 Volvo LV 84 Bus
1939 Volvo, bus nummer 5 Bergmans Auto mij NL
1939 Volvo’s. Wagen 20 (serie 19-20 uit 1939) te Renswoude NL
1940 VOLVO
1940 Volvo B12 Bus
1944 Volvo Verheul Zeist
1945 VOLVO
1945 Volvo LV81DS chassis TRM8 movile staff
1945 Volvo Vitabussar
1946 Volvo 14 114B Gebr v GoG Rotterdam the Netherlands
1946 Volvo B-30461 NL
1946 Volvo brochure for B512 and B513 buses
1946 VOLVO BUS NON IDENTIFIE 325
1946 Volvo LV-128D, or better known as Pølsebussen (the Hot-Dog bus).
1946 Volvo nummer 7 Bergman Auto Mij NL
1947 Volvo LV 128 SAVK 6cyl benzin
1948 Volvo 7 Carr. Den Hollander Capelle Gebr. van GOG Rotterdam NL
1948 volvo 19
1948 volvo 48 Rotterdam The Netherlands
1948 Volvo Belgium
1948 Volvo B512 Bus
1948 Volvo B513 – Wattenberg-Viggaklev
1948 Volvo B513X Bus
1948 Volvo nr. 32 W.C. Tensen Soest 38 NL
1949 Volvo bus met Hainje karrosserie, nr.25 NL
1949 Volvo voor W.C. Tensen Soest NL
1950 Volvo Den Oudsten & Domburg Neusbus diesel bus 42 W.C. Tensen Soest NL
1950 Volvo modell 31s
1951 Volvo Hoogeveen W,C. Tensen Soest NL
1951 VOLVO Østfold buss
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1951+1952 Volvo carrosserie Den Oudsten 1951, NB-95-37 Volvo carrosserie Hoogeveen [1952] NB-95-53 NL
1952 Volvo B617 Bus
1952 Volvo B617 Den Oudsten NB 78 58 W.C. Tensen Soest NL
1952 Volvo B655 Bus
1952 Volvo Bergen-Nordhordaland N
1952 Volvo NB-90-72
1952 Volvo B656
1953 2xW.C. Tensen Volvo’s Soest NL
1953 volvo 52 of 53 Gebr. van GoG Rotterdam NL
1953 Volvo B 616
1953 Volvo B 727
1953 VOLVO B635 Brochure Image
1953 Volvo B638 Bus
1953 Volvo B655 Brochure
1953 Volvo B727 Bus
1953 Volvo Bus
1954 Domburg Volvo
1954 Volvo B615 bus Brochure
1954 Volvo B727
1954 Volvo L389 Viking – Aune
1954 Volvo B727 Bus Brochure Image
1954 Volvo Verheul © De Raadt V13
1954 volvo-verheul BBA
1955 PB-54-68 Volvo B619 Classic Tours Scherpenzeel
1955 PB-54-68 Volvo B619 Gebr. van Gog NL
1955 Volvo B727 © Stig Baumeyer
1955 Volvo Den Oudsten Neusbus W.C. Tensen lijnbus 22-Soest NL
1956 Domburg Volvo NL
1956 Domburg Volvo
1956 Domburg Volvo
1956 W.C. Tensen Soest Volvo B615 König RB 21 21
1956 volvo 56
1956 Volvo BF37507 Medema SB 52 85
1956 Volvo Tensen nr.40
1956 Volvo ZABO Brabena 658
1956 Volvo ZABO Brabena 658
1957 VOLVO
1957 Volvo B655 fra DSB nr 670
1957 Volvo Bus 28 Tensen
1957 Volvo König met 46 zitplaatsen
1958 Bus nr.1 Volvo tensen
1958 TB-18-67 Volvo
1958 VOLVO
1958 VOLVO B615 Brochure Image
1958 Volvo B615 Bus Brochure Image
1958 Volvo B615 Bus
1958 Volvo B615 © Stig Baumeyer
1958 Volvo B635 – Larvik
1958 Volvo-Verheul, 43 zitplaatsen, in dienst tot 1972 Schutte37
1959 Volvo B 615 Wiima M59
1959 Volvo B615
1959 Volvo B615 © Staffan Sävenfjord
1959 Volvo B615-Smit Joure tourwagen met 49 zitp Schutte
1959 Volvo B635 – Larvik
1959 Volvo B70501
1959 Volvo Medema Appingedam W C Tensen Soest Lijnbus bus 32 NL
1959 Volvo Olav A Hokstad-Tylldal Tynset N
1959 Volvo, type B655 Verheul
1959 Volvo-touringcar (type B655 carrosserie Verheul) en een DAF-bus van Zuid-Ooster
1960 volvo 60
1960 Volvo Den Oudsten Hoogeveen W.C. Tensen Soest 17 NL
1960 Volvo- ZABO City Coach – BBA 549
1960 Volvo, type B655 Domburg
1960 Volvo-Verheul bus BBA
1961 Volvo’s
1961 Bus 46 Volvo Tensen Grave-garage-sva
1961 Volvo Autobus Tensen 46 erfg compr
1961 Volvo B615 Strada ® Stig Baumeyer
1961 Volvo B615-Smit Joure met 47 zitplaatsen Schutte31
1961 VOLVO B61515 VOLVO carr ECF nr 18
1961 Volvo-DAF BBA ZABO City Coach
1961 Volvo Den Oudsten lijnbus 44 instap voor de vooras Diesel
1961 Volvo Tensen 47
1961 Volvo van gog44
1961 Volvo ZABO City Coach stadsbus nr.8
1961 Volvo, B615 Verheul
1961 Volvo, City Coach ZABO
1961 ZABO Bus nr.46 Volvo Tensen Soest Museumbus
1962 CAP Streekvervoer Dienstregeling
1962 Domburg Volvo
1962 Volvo B57-ZABO nr.2 Schutte 53
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1962 Volvo B615 ® Stig Baumeyer
1962 Volvo B635 ® Stig Baumeyer
1962 Volvo B655 con motor central, carrozado por Cametal
1962 Volvo B-61503
1962 Volvos 59-49 kleur Van Gog-bus oorspronkelijke kleuren. Links de 59 en rechts de 49 Rotterdam CS
1963 Volvo B615 Wiima M 59 vm
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® Stig Baumeyer
1963 Volvo B615 ® Stig Baumeyer
1963 Volvo B655 Bus
1963 Volvo DIC
1963 Volvo XB-02-27
1964 Volvo B615
1964 Volvo B635 ® Stig Baumeyer
1965 Domburg Volvo
1965 Volvo B615 – T. Knudsen
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1965 Volvo B635
Bus 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
1966 Volvo B755-Domburg met 49 zitp Schutte35 NL
1966 Volvo, B755 Verheul
1966 Volvo-Verheul-streekbus
1967 Volvo 74 kleur
1967 Volvo B755-Domburg met 50 zitp Schutte34
1967 Volvo bus Stockholm
1967 Volvo -Nordisk Bus © John Veerkamp
1968 Volvo B57 60 Jonckheere
1968 Volvo B57 med Arna-karosser
1968 Volvo B58 Bus 1965-1982: B58
1968-volvo-van-gog70
1969-volvo
1969-volvo-aurland-kommunale-rutebilar-n
1969-volvo-b57-larvik
1969-volvo-01357
1970-bus-40-volvo-carr-hainje-tensen
1971-volvo-jonckheere-60-23-gb
1972-volvo-b57-zabo-met-32-zitplaatsen-schutte-36
1972 VOLVO B58 Service Tips
1972 Volvo Tensen 33
1973 Volvo B58-50-Hainje nr.28 met ondervloermotor met 32 zitplaatsen Schutte39
1972 HTM bus 901 of the Volvo B59-55 Hainje to The Hague. 1970-1980: B59
1973 Volvo Coach Bolivia
1973 Volvo Solenza Jonckheere 11900cc 280ps
1973 Volvo, B58-50 ZABO
Volvo B58-60 with Lahti 31 bodywork in Saint Petersburg, originating from Saimaan Osuus-Auto in Lappeenranta, Finland
1973 Volvo-Hainje © Wim Vink
1974 VOLVO B58 (RSP80106)
1974 Volvo B58-60-Domburg tourwagen nr33 met 50 zitplaatsen, in dienst in Schutte 44
1975 Volvo Coach Engine 8600cc
1976 Volvo B58-Volgren VG001 Bus Dandenong Victoria Australia
1977 Bus nr.18 + 20 Volvo’s Tensen Soest spakenburg-garage
1977 Volvo B57 litouwen
1977 Volvo B58-60-Jonckheere semi-tourwagen met 54 zitplaatsen Schutte48
1977 Volvo B609 – VBK
1977 VOLVO JONCKHEERE B59-55S
1977 Volvo B58-ZABO Tensen18
1979 VOLVO B609 (RSP 80279)
1979 Volvo Delta ARTICULADO
1980 Jonckheere TransCity Volvo Litouwen
1980-volvo-b58-van-vsl-met-carrosserie-van-hainje
1980 VAN HOOL 310 on VOLVO B10M
1982 Volvo Ailsa B55 West Midlands PTE bus 4775(JOV 775P) 1976 Volvo Ailsa B55 Alexander AV, Birmingham 1973-1985: Ailsa B55
1980 VAN HOOL TRAFIK 210 (11’80) VOLVO
1981 Volvo -DAB Bus © John Veerkamp
1982 VOLVO B10M Van Hool
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
1982 Van Hool Volvo B10M Litouwen
1982 Volvo -Aabenraa Bus Denemarken © John Veerkamp
1982 Volvo ZOAD
Avon Buses Volvo B6 10 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
1999-2011: B12M/B12MA (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
2001-2011: B12BLE/B12BLEA (articulated version was introduced in 2005)
2002-2011: B9S Articulated/B9 SALF Articulated (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006)
2005-2013: B9L/B9LA
2010?-2013: B9RLE
Current
1997-: B7R
2001-: B7RLE
2002-: B9TL (once known as Olympian in Volvo official website)
2003-: B9R
2008-: B5LH (hybrid electric bus)
2010-: B13R
2011-: B270F
2011-: B11R
2012-: B5TL
VOLVO B5RH
2010-: B5RH/B215RH (hybrid electric bus)
2012-: B215LH (Low Floor and Hybrid biodiesel-electric) – in Brazil
2013-: B8R
2013-: B8RLE
Complete buses
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/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 (B5LHA 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
- 9900 coach (B12B/B13R/B11R chassis)
Acquired companies
Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:
- Säffle Karosseri AB, Säffle, Sweden (1981, later 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
- Carrus Oy, Finland (1998, later known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy), became independent in 2008 and known as Carrus Delta 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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