VOLVO Buses Gothenburg Sweden

Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses

Type	Subsidiary of Volvo
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

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

® Stig Baumeyer

® Stig Baumeyer

® Stig Baumeyer

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

® Stig Baumeyer

® 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

® Stig Baumeyer

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

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