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Volvo Buses

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Swedish transportation manufacturer

Volvo Buses (Volvo Bus Corporation; formal name: 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 one of the world's largest bus manufacturers, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation.2 It is part of AB Volvo.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1968Founded1

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Volvo Buses (Volvo Bus Corporation; formal name: 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.2

Corporate structure

Volvo Buses is part of a group headed by AB Volvo. 38 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • AB Volvo Göteborg, Sweden
    • Volvo Buses Göteborg
    • Volvo Danmark Taastrup, Denmark
    • Volvo Technology Transfer Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Volvo Treasury Göteborg, Sweden
      • VOLVO TREASURY ASIA LTD Subsidiary · Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Volvo Trucks Göteborg, Sweden
      • Mack Trucks Subsidiary · Allentown
      • VOLVO CE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 99.67% · Bangalore, India
      • Volvo Truck Latvia Subsidiary · Latvia
    • Miriam Subsidiary
    • Nova Bus Subsidiary · Saint-Eustache
    • Prevost Car Subsidiary · Sainte-Claire
    • Renault Trucks Subsidiary · Lyon
      • Renault Bus Subsidiary
      • Usine Renault Trucks de Bourg-en-Bresse Subsidiary · Bourg-en-Bresse, France
    • UD Trucks Subsidiary · Ageo
    • Volvo (Germany) Subsidiary · Hamelin, Germany
    • Volvo (United States) Subsidiary · Greensboro, United States
    • Volvo Construction Equipment Subsidiary · Brussels metropolitan area
    • Volvo Penta Subsidiary · Göteborg
    • Volvo Powertrain Subsidiary · Skövde, Sweden
    • Volvo Trademark Holding Subsidiary · Gothenburg, Sweden
    • White Motor Company Subsidiary · Cleveland
    • VFS EQUIPMENT RECEIVABLES FINANCE LLC Subsidiary · Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
    • Volvo (Canada) Subsidiary · Canada
    • VOLVO FINANCIAL SERVICES (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • Volvo Financial Services GmbH Subsidiary · Ismaning, Germany
    • VOLVO GROUP INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Bangalore, India
    • Volvo Group Insurance Forsakringsaktiebolag (Volvo Group Insurance Försäkringsaktiebolag) Subsidiary · Göteborg, Sweden
    • VOLVO HOLDING FRANCE Subsidiary · Saint-Priest, France
    • VOLVO TREASURY CANADA INC. Subsidiary · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    • and 2 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

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Listed on Wikidata.1

Products

Chassis

Codes in parentheses are VIN codes for the chassis models.

Historical

1930s/40s: B10, B12

1950s: B627

1950s–1960s: B615/B616/B617

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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: B10M/B10MA/B10MD (1M) – the double deck city bus version B10MD, built from 1982 to 1993, was also known as Citybus

1983–1996? B9M (9M) – low-budget version of the B10M

1988–1991 B10C (1C) – special Australian coach version of the B10M

1978–1991: B10R (1R)

1978–1987?: B6F/B6FA (6A)

198?–198?: B6M (6M) – for Asia Pacific

1990–2002: B10B (R1)

1991–2011: B12 (R2) – known as B12R, later B380R/B420R in Brazil

1991–1998: B6/B6LE (R3)

1992–2000: Olympian (YN) – modified from Leyland Olympian

1992–2004: B10BLE (R4)

1993-2000s: B10L/B10LA (R5)

1999–2006: B7L/B7LA (R7)

2002-2014: Volvo B7RLE (R7) - Replacement for the B7L, superseded by The B8RLE chassis.

1998–2002: B6BLE (R3)

1997–2011: B12B (R8)

2001–2011: B12BLE/B12BLEA (R8) – articulated version was introduced in 2005

1998–2004: Super Olympian (S1) – also known as B10TL

1999–2006: B7TL (S2)

2000–2003: B10R (S3) – for Brazil

2002–2018: B9TL (S4) – low-floor double-decker, once known as Olympian in Volvo official website

2010?–2013: B9RLE (S5)

2012–2021: B5TL (T9) – low-floor double-decker

Current

1997–: B7R (R6) – known as B290R in Brazil since 2011

1999–: B12M/B12MA (R9) – known as B340M in Brazil since 2011 (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)

2003–: B9R (S5) – known as B340R/B380R in Brazil 2011–2012

2002–: B9S (S6) – bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006, known as B360S in Brazil since 2011

2005–: B9L/B9LA (S7) – low-floor

2008–: B5LH (T1) – low-floor hybrid-electric bus

2009–: BXXR (T2)

2009–: B13R – 12.8-litre engine

2011–: B11R – 10.8-litre engine, known as B340R/B380R/B420R/B450R in Brazil

2011–: B270F (T5) – front-engined

2012–: B5RH/B5RLEH (T8) – step-entrance/low-entry hybrid-electric bus, known as B215RH/B215LH in Brazil

2013–: B8R (T7)

2013–: B8RLE/B8RLEA (T7) – low-entry version of the B8R

2015–: BE (U1)

2016–: B8L (U2) – low-floor double-decker

2021–: BZL – low-floor single/double-decker

2024–: BZR – flexible electric chassis

Complete buses

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 (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)

8600 (B8R chassis) – for Europe, built in India

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, built in India

9300 coach (B9R chassis) – for Mexico

9400 intercity (B7R/B8R/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

9600 coach (B8R chassis) – for India

9700 TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M/B7R/B9R/B13R/B11R/B8R chassis)

9800 coach (B12M chassis) – for China

9800 coach (B13R chassis) – for Mexico

9800 Double Decker coach (B13R chassis) – for Mexico

9900 coach (B12B/B13R/B11R chassis)

Production sites

Sainte-Claire, Quebec, Canada

Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada

Borås, Sweden

Hoskote, India

Curitiba, Brazil

Wrocław, Poland

Tultitlán, Mexico

From Wikipedia’s article on Volvo Buses, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1994Aabenraa Karrosseri became a subsidiary1
  2. 1981Acquired Säffle Karosseri1

Timeline

  1. 1968Founded Founded1

Sources

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